World Monuments Fund announces new projects to protect Ukraine's cultural heritage
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World Monuments Fund announces new projects to protect Ukraine's cultural heritage
Church of the Ascension of Jesus, Yasinia, Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. © Elke Wetzig.



NEW YORK, NY.- World Monuments Fund today announced the launch of four new projects as part of its recently established Ukraine Heritage Response Fund to address the immediate, critical needs of heritage professionals in Ukraine and to lay the groundwork for the future rehabilitation and long-term recovery of cultural heritage in the country.

These projects—each developed with local and international partners—include: installing a temporary structure for the protection of the Black House, a remarkable sixteenth-century Renaissance building on the Market Square in the city of Lviv; providing 440 water-mist fire extinguishers for the protection of historic wooden churches, known as tserkvas; and delivering technical equipment to protect and monitor St. Sophia of Kyiv National Sanctuary Complex and Holy Trinity Church in Zhovkva.

“We are hopeful that these first initiatives will provide much-needed support to our partners on the ground in Ukraine and set an early precedent for rehabilitation efforts in the country,” said Bénédicte de Montlaur, WMF President and CEO. “We are committed to supporting local efforts and working with local partners, and we will continue to monitor the situation, so that we can lay the groundwork for swift recovery work.”

Since the start of Russia’s offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, UNESCO has reported that over 150 cultural sites have been partially or totally destroyed in the country. The current crisis requires an immediate response from the heritage preservation community to address the short-, medium-, and long-term needs of the country and its heritage professionals.

World Monuments Fund launched the Ukraine Heritage Response Fund in April 2022 in response to the crisis with $500,000 seed funding from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Additional funding has been raised through individual donations. As a first step, WMF hired a Ukraine Heritage Crisis Specialist based in Ukraine, Kateryna Goncharova, to monitor the situation and assess the immediate needs of local professionals while keeping an eye towards future rehabilitation. And, on June 15, WMF honored Ukraine’s Deputy Minister for Culture and Information Policy, Kateryna Chuyeva, with the 2022 Watch Award in recognition of her commitment to and urgent advocacy for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Ukraine.

The newly announced projects represent an initial phase of work in the country aimed at building connections with local organizations and responding to immediate needs

Protection of the Black House

Albert’s House, or the Black House, is a sixteenth-century structure in Lviv’s Market Square. In 2019, the Lviv Historical Museum completed an AFCP-supported project to preserve the Black House, including its main facade, courtyard, lobby, and collection of stone sculptures. The inner courtyard of the Black House was also excavated, and an exhibition of stone architectural and sculptural fragments from Lviv buildings was created. Today, the building façade, festooned with intricate sculpture, is particularly vulnerable to damage from nearby explosions from ballistic missiles.

With support from the U.S. Department of State through the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, WMF is working with the Lviv Historical Museum and Friends of the Lviv Historical Museum to build a strong external structure to protect the decorative façade while reflecting the history and aesthetic of the Market Square.




Fire Extinguishers to Protect Ukraine’s Wooden Churches

Ukraine is home to more than 2,500 wooden churches, or tserkvas, the largest number in the world. Eight of Ukraine’s wooden churches are included on the UNESCO World Heritage List of Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine. They are often located in remote rural communities and are particularly vulnerable to fire, especially in extreme conflict situations.

In response to requests from professionals on the ground, WMF partnered with the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) to deliver 440 water-mist fire extinguishers that will serve to protect up to 200 tserkvas throughout Ukraine. The extinguishers were sourced from the fire safety provider Safelincs in the UK , who in providing the equipment below cost price, donating accessories and covering transport costs to Poland, allowed the delivery of a significantly larger number of extinguishers than would otherwise have been possible. The Polish Committee for Ukrainian Museums, through the Warsaw Rising Museum and Instytut Pawla Wlodkowica, supported transport logistics, provided warehousing in Poland and organized onward transport by truck to Ukraine. The extinguishers will be distributed by Ukrainian partners, the Center to Rescue Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage, the Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI) and ICOMOS Ukraine.

Provision of Supplies to Monitor Damage to St. Sophia of Kyiv

The St. Sophia of Kyiv Cathedral dates back to the eleventh century and is part of the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Sanctuary Complex. Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the cathedral and its surroundings are susceptible to severe damage.

As a result, WMF has partnered with Cultural Emergency Response (CER), an organization based in the Netherlands, with local support from the Heritage Rescue Emergency Initiative (HERI) and personnel from the National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv,” to deliver equipment to Ukraine to monitor the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Sanctuary Complex.

Installation of a Temporary Cover for Holy Trinity Church in Zhovkva

The Holy Trinity Church in Zhovkva dates back to 1720, and was under restoration when the war in Ukraine started in February 2022. As a result, work abruptly halted. To prevent further damage to the church, the upper parts of the building were temporarily covered with plastic sheeting.

In order to provide additional protection for the church over an extended period of time, WMF committed to funding the installation of a temporary waterproof membrane to protect the interior spaces of the church. It will be installed in locations where the roof was removed prior to the start of the conflict to protect Holy Trinity from inclement weather.

On June 21, 2013, during the 37th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Cambodia, the Holy Trinity Church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage UNESCO World Heritage List of Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine..










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