NATIONAL MUSEUM IN LVIV NAMED AFTER ANDREY SHEPTYTSKY
The Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv is one of the most distinguished national art and culture treasuries in Ukraine. Its proud repository houses over 175, 000 objects that signify the major attainments of Ukrainianian culture The Museum was founded by Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Andrey Sheptytsky in 1905 as a “Church Museum”. The spacious exhibition rooms highlight the iconic collections pieces of Ukrainian art of the 12th – early 20th cc. Illustrating the evolution of the national culture over a span of nine centuries. Attendance to the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv is rapidly growsing reaching the point of over 150,000 visitors yearly.