Museum of art of the old Ukrainian book (department of the Lviv gallery of arts)
West region
вул. Коперніка 15а
м. Львів, 790 00
Phone: +380 322 722 536
The Section of the Lviv Art Gallery — The Museum of Art of the Ancient Ukrainian Book (94 total words in this text) (2377 Reads) Ukrainian Translation The new exhibition of the Museum of Book presents Ukrainian incunabula where one can see works of Ukrainian medieval publishers, printers and engravers. Several unique publishings of the Renaissance and the Baroque times represent European printings. The third exhibition hall reflects the atmosphere of the medieval printing place with special authentic elements of the room and two unique machines: a printing press of the 17th c* and a page-press. The museum is opened every day, except Monday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Address: 15a, Copernicus Street (behind the Potocki Palace), tel.: 72-25-36.
The museum presents old Ukrainian printed books – highly artistic works of medieval Ukrainian publishers, printers and engravers. Among the exhibits you will find Lviv and Ostroh editions of books printed by the first Ukrainian printer Ivan Fedorov, the Great Book of Needs by Petro Mohyla, masterfully engraved maps of Ukraine dating back to the 17th-18th centuries, and examples of early folk engravings. The European printings are represented by several unique publications belonging to Renaissance and Baroque era (“The Description of Plants”, “The Chronicles of the Entire World”).