Press
A contact for journalists, ready-to-use texts about the museum, logos and photographs of the building for publication.
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Media contact
Press enquiries
media@museum.kh.uaReception desk phone
(057) 731-20-94
About the museum: texts to copy
Full name
M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum
Short name
Kharkiv Historical Museum
Short, about 60 words
The M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum is one of the largest museums in Ukraine, founded in 1920 by Academician Mykola Sumtsov. Its holdings number more than 330,000 objects, from archaeological finds to works of art, documents and everyday things that tell the history of Kharkiv, Sloboda Ukraine and Ukraine. The museum stands in the centre of Kharkiv, at 5 Universytetska Street, and opens its collection online: a catalogue, 3D models and virtual exhibitions.
Longer, about 150 words
The M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum is one of the largest museums in Ukraine and a leading cultural centre of Sloboda Ukraine and Eastern Ukraine. It traces its history to the Sloboda Ukraine Museum named after Hryhorii Skovoroda, founded on 21 January 1920 through the efforts of Academician Mykola Sumtsov. Today its holdings number more than 330,000 objects: archaeological finds, documents, works of art and everyday things. The museum studies, preserves and promotes the history of Kharkiv, Sloboda Ukraine and Ukraine: it carries out research, exhibition, cultural and educational and publishing work, and restores and protects cultural heritage. The museum building stands in the historic centre of the city, at 5 Universytetska Street, next to the place where Kharkiv was founded in the mid-17th century. The collection is open online too: a catalogue of objects, 3D models and virtual exhibitions at museum.kh.ua.
Key facts
- Full name
- M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum
- Founded
- 21 January 1920 (the Sloboda Ukraine Museum named after Hryhorii Skovoroda); founder — Academician Mykola Sumtsov
- Holdings
- more than 330,000 objects
- Address
- 5 Universytetska Street, 61003 Kharkiv, Ukraine
- Website
- museum.kh.ua
Logos
The mark and the logo with the name in every colour. For print use the vector files (SVG or AI); PNG and JPG are for documents and presentations.
All logos in one archive
Photographs of the building
Photographs 2048 pixels wide. The terms of use are in the section below.
The main façade at night
The building at night, from the corner
View from the park at dusk
The building on a sunny day
The building on the square, sun through the arch
The museum entrance
How to use the logo and the photographs
Logo
- Do not stretch, rotate, recolour or add effects: use the ready-made file in the colour you need.
- The bordo and black logos are for light backgrounds, the white one for dark or bordo backgrounds.
- Leave free space around the logo so that it does not merge with text or images.
- When writing about the museum, give its full name at first mention.
Photographs
- The photographs may be used in material about the museum. Please credit the source: “Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum”.
- For any other use, including advertising and commercial use, write to us: media@museum.kh.ua.