Restoring globally significant paintings belonging to Odesa

The goal of the social project "Museum for Change: Art Museum" is the comprehensive transformation of the Odesa Art Museum from improving image and positioning in the information space to eliminating problems with the building and collection.

The Museum has been operating for 115 years and is state-funded. Currently, the funds allocated for maintenance are insufficient. This affects both the building's facade and the paintings stored in the Museum.

Under its roof are housed 20 permanent exhibition halls, an iconography hall, a Ukrainian decorative arts hall, three exhibition halls for temporary displays, and the experimental platform of the "Yellow Giants" gallery. Among the Museum's cultural heritage objects are more than 10,000 works, such as paintings by Aivazovsky, Savrasov, Shishkin, Kuindzhi, Sorokin, Vrubel, Serov, Kostandi, Murashko, Pimonenko and other talented artists.

Besides general building renovation (wall painting, air conditioning installation, plumbing replacement, roof repair, fire safety system setup), plans include providing professional exhibition lighting in halls and organizing fundraising for purchasing restoration tools.

Now it's important to acquire equipment (microscope, easels, UV lamp) and materials (glue, varnishes, alcohol, turpentine, paints) that will help save the unique collection of the Odesa Art Museum.

1. Creating material and technical base for restoration work on paintings and icons of Odesa Art Museum.

2. Preservation of Odesa Art Museum's painting collection.

Plans to purchase materials sufficient for one year of restoration work.