Telling the stories of Ukraine and the Ukrainian American experience and connecting generations through exhibitions, archives, and educational programming.
The UHEC museum permanent collection consists of over 15,000 objects of folk art, fine art, religious ritual objects, textiles, and icons, as well as objects that document Ukrainian and Ukrainian American cultural, religious, and political history. The UHEC Archives holds hundreds of collections documenting the lives and work of Ukrainian and Ukrainian American individuals, families, organizations, and parishes.
The Mission of the UHEC is to foster a vibrant connection between past and future generations and communities to Ukrainian history, sprituality, arts and culture through educational programming, exhibitions, workshops and conferences and to provide access to researchers and educators to the permanent collections of the UHEC's Museum, Archive and Library to further their knowledge or develop curriculum for other learning institutions.
The Vision of the UHEC is to be the source for advancing knowledge and understanding of Ukrainian history, spirituality, arts, and culture through dynamic programming and exploration of our rich heritage. The UHEC will be a showcase for Ukraine's enduring relevance in world history telling the stories of the Ukrainian community.
Your contributions are what give our collections their voice
Find your Ukrainian ancestors!
The UHEC "Nashi Predky/Our Ancestors" genealogy program provides resources and educational programming to help you in your search.
The UHEC has one of the largest collections of Ukrainian recorded sound and radio programming in the world.
Listen to digitized recordings
Now on view
Events coming up soon
Young artists will learn about the legends of Ukrainian Easter Eggs and holiday traditions while creating their own krashanka or krapanka for their Easter basket using the wax-resist method.
Are you looking for an opportunity this season to make pysanky, but don't have the space, dyes, or time to make the dyes? Join us for one or some of our Pysanka Meet Ups.
Are you already comfortable reading printed or neatly written Ukrainian, but are stymied by the (shall we say) less-than-perfect cursive in early 20th century documents? We might be able to help!
Are you looking for an opportunity this season to make pysanky, but don't have the space, dyes, or time to make the dyes? Join us for one or some of our Pysanka Meet Ups.
Join pysanka artist Olga Kobryn for an online live workshop where participants will learn about the history of the pysanka, a Ukrainian decorated egg, and create their own, with step by step instruction. Participants must purchase their own supplies in advanced. Olga will be assisted by Halyna Lojko.
In this webinar Luba Petrusha, pysanka artist and researcher, discusses symbols and motifs used on traditional pysanky, their meanings, and the talismanic uses of pysanky.