Scholem Alejchem Museum (Kiev)
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 29 ″ N , 30 ° 31 ′ 13 ″ E
 Sholem Alejchem, to whom the museum is dedicated |
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Kiev , Ukraine
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The Scholem Alejchem Museum ( Ukrainian Музей Шолом-Алейхема ) is a museum in Kiev dedicated to the life and work of the Ukrainian , Yiddish-speaking writer Scholem Alejchem .
The museum is a branch of the Museum of the History of Kiev and is located on Velyka Vasylkivska Street ( Велика Васильківська вулиця ) number 5a near Bessarabska Square in Kiev's Pechersk district .
It contains over 500 exhibits, including Jewish ritual objects and objects of traditional Jewish life, mazewas , old Jewish books and manuscripts. Excerpts from films and performances of the works of Scholem Aleichem can be seen on the monitors installed in the hall. The Scholem Alejchem Museum is open every day except Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
history
The museum opened on March 2, 2009 to mark the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth.
President of the Central Council of Jews in Ukraine Ylja Levytas ( Илья Левитас ) said at the opening that the planning of the museum had already started in 1956, when the authorities were not even ready to discuss it.
Web links
- Article on the museum opening on "Korrespondent.net", March 2, 2009 (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the museum on its website ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 6, 2015
- ↑ In Kiev, a museum for Scholem Aleichem in unian.net from March 2, 2009, accessed on September 6, 2015
- ↑ Article about the museum on interesniy.kiev.ua , accessed on September 6, 2015
