Digital collection of Mykolaiv museums shortlisted for European award

The project "Digital Collection of the Art Museum" was shortlisted for the prestigious House of Europe Award in the category Excellence in Cultural Heritage Preservation.

This was reported by the Mykolaiv City Council.

The project unites the digital collections of four museums: the Vereshchagin Regional Art Museum, the Regional Museum of Local Lore, the Museum of Shipbuilding and Fleet, and the Ochakiv Museum of Maritime Painting, preserving the cultural heritage of the region in digital format.

The winners will be announced at an official ceremony in May 2026.

The project to digitize museum collections was implemented by the MY ART platform team together with the Mykolaiv Development Agency with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

You can watch the project here.

Earlier in the year, Odesa hosted an advocacy meeting "Museums and Audiences: Communication, Partnerships, Expectations" that brought together representatives of cultural institutions, media, education, the public sector, and government. The participants discussed how museums can adapt to new wartime challenges and effectively interact with their audiences, and in particular, how such projects help museum collections survive during the war.

The NGO Archaika, in partnership with the American nonprofit organization CyArk and the Odesa Archaeological Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, presented an open virtual exhibition Crossroads of Ukrainian History.

Сергій Лозовський