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18 OUR LIFE • November 2022 OLENA ZELENSKA, FIRST LADY OF UKRAINE, VISITS THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM IN NEW YORK Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, visited The Ukrainian Museum on Thursday, September 22, to launch a global fundraising drive for the restoration of some 1,500 Ukrainian mu - seums and cultural heritage sites destroyed or damaged in the russian invasion. The destruction of Ukraine’s cul - tural heritage, Mrs. Zelen - ska noted, is an attempted destruction of Ukraine’s identity. “War destroys,” she said. “Culture creates and enriches.” Representatives from a number of major U.S. museums and cultural institutions, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Jewish Museum, were on hand for the launch, as were Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S., Consul General in New York, and Perma - nent Representative to the United Nations. Mrs. Zelen - ska’s visit coincided with the opening of the 77th Photo: Kateryna Czartorysky During her visit to the Museum, First Lady Olena Zelenska launched a global fundraising campaign to save Ukraine’s culture. Photo: Kateryna Czartorysky Accompanied by Ukrainian Museum director Peter Doroshenko, Mrs. Zelenska toured and officially opened the Museum’s Impact Damage exhibition. THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM 222 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003 www.ukrainianmuseum.org
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