Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Alberta Branch – The Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Alberta Branch is the first Ukrainian museum officially formed in Alberta. It houses thousands of artifacts illustrating many aspects of the cultural heritage of Ukrainians in Canada.

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Located just north of downtown Edmonton, the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Alberta Branch has been collecting, preserving, and sharing items of historical, cultural, and artistic significance for over 80 years, advancing knowledge of Ukrainian heritage in Canada. Our goal is to connect visitors with the lived experiences of the early Ukrainian settlers — from their embroidery and folk dress to their folk traditions and everyday life.

Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Alberta Branch invites you, your family, friends, and colleagues to attend our new exhibit, “Repression, Resistance and Nationhood: Ukrainian Nation-Building – A Historical Representation”. The exhibit opened on Friday May 22nd at 7 pm and continues until the end of August.

The exhibit showcases milestones in Ukrainian history including the founding of Kyiv, Kyivan Rus, the Halych-Volyn Principality and Kingdom, the Ukrainian Cossack Hetmanate, the 1917-21 Ukrainian War of Independence, Independent Ukraine and its people’s courageous fight against the Kremlin’s current military invasion of Ukraine.

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New Acquisition: “Kozatska dolia. Kodnia.”

“Kozatska dolia. Kodnia.”Oliia. 1947 “Kozak’s Fate. Kodnia.”Oil. 1947 Kozatska dolia was painted by Wadym Dobrolige…

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Ukrainian Heritage Month

September offers a time for Canadians to mark Ukrainian Heritage Month, honoring the rich history,…

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UMCAB display at Ukrainian Day 2026

On Sunday, August 16, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village near Edmonton marked 135 years of…

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Religious Byzantine Artifacts

Collection includes artifacts such as icons, priests’ vestments, chalices, crosses and other liturgical objects

Folk Arts

Collection features folk arts and crafts of various regions of Ukraine including jewelry, decorative wood objects, pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs), straw weavings, ceramics, toys, and ceremonial breads

Textiles

Collection focuses on items that were woven or embroidered such as clothing, rushnyky, tapestries, weavings and kylyms

Fine Arts

Collection includes items such as paintings, sculptures and other arts works by artists from Ukraine, Canada, Europe and the United States.

Blouse from Chernivtsi

It was made in 1898 in Chornivka village, Novoselytskyi district, Chernivtsi oblast. Chornivka is located about 22 kilometers from Chernivtsi in the historical region of Bukovyna.

It is an excellent example of an old Bukovynian sorochka with a traditional late 19th and early 20th century shoulder band, which includes lines of blue and green beadwork. The balance of the sleeves is carried in a lengthwise design and embroidered with satin stitch, buttonhole stitch and contiguous French knots (vuzlyky or kupochky).

The blouse is 59 cm in length and 164 cm in width.

Sylianka, Bukovyna region

This sylianka was made in 1972 in Chernivtsi oblast, Bukovyna region. Mostly yellow beaded necklace, it has circles in blue, red, green and gold. Bottom edge has loops in blue, red, green, gold, black and white.

It is only 33 cm long, but crystal clear, pure glass beads make it shine from far away.

Yavoriv Shortsy

This skirt called traditionally “shortsy” was acquired by the museum in 1986 and came from Yavoriv district, Lviv oblast, Halychyna (Galicia).

In Yavoriv, women wore a woolen skirt called “shortsy”, just like this one, with frequent colored vertical stripes on a white background. Above the skirt, women wore an embroidered linen “zapaska” (apron).

Kosiv Pleskanets

This ceramic round vessel “pleskanets” is a typical example of Hutsul ceramics from Kosiv. It was created in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Halychyna. It has two opposing handles near the top and an opening 5 cm wide at the top. It has four very stubby legs.

Kosiv ceramics became a symbol of the Hutsul region. The three-colored palette of the ceramics (yellow, green, and brown) is a hallmark of Kosiv ceramics, which reflects the perception of nature: yellow symbolizes the sun, green symbolizes the Carpathian Mountains, and brown represents the earth.

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The museum is currently undergoing substantial renovations, including the installation of new tiles, lighting, display cases and storage units. Monetary donations would be greatly appreciated.

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New Acquisition: “Kozatska dolia. Kodnia.”

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Ukrainian Heritage Month

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UMCAB display at Ukrainian Day 2026

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Religious Byzantine Artifacts

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Blouse from Chernivtsi

Sylianka, Bukovyna region

Yavoriv Shortsy

Kosiv Pleskanets

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