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The Ukrainian Museum-Archives is a not for profit museum founded in 1952 and is committed to collecting and housing a number of literature, artifacts, recordings and other things that embodies anything and everything Ukrainian - culture, immigration to America and history in Cleveland. Appearing to be an old house from the outside, the museum located in Kenilworth Avenue, Cleveland, is a vast bank of history and knowledge for everyone to take in.

Boasting a collection of over 20,000 books and manuscripts, more than a thousand different newspapers and magazines, and hundreds of thousands of postcards, stamps and posters, the Ukrainian Museum-Archives is considered to be one of the largest in North America. Its most recent addition is a new building featuring a number of statues and artwork on the first floor. While in the back building, visitors will find various works of art such as the masterpiece done by a Kiev-born artist, Aleksandr Archipenko, called Coronation of Forms. The museum's impressive collection of art, musical instruments and clothing pertaining to Ukraine are housed in the older front building. The institution is aiming to get the collection digitize for better management and preservation purposes.

Some of the most notable exhibits to see in the Ukrainian Museum-Archives both online and in the museum include the Famine Kobzar Exhibit which depicts the time when the country dealt with famine because of Stalin's collectivation policy; the Displaced Persons Camp Exhibit marks the 60th anniversary of the Act signed by President Truman wherein 100,000 Ukrainians benefitted from it.

The Ukrainian Museum-Archives offers online visitors to glimpse through the Ukrainian history via online with aid of their extensive online exhibits. Andrew Fedyndsky is currently the head director of the museum with tons of volunteers. The UMA's collections continue to grow and are targeted not only for the broad sector of scholars who aim to study history but for the general public as well.
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