KU "Chernivetskyi Regional Art Museum"

The Chernivtsi Art Museum is the only art museum in Bukovyna, holding a valuable collection of Ukrainian and regional painting. It stands in the very centre of Chernivtsi on Central Square in a magnificent early 20th-century building in the Vienna Secession style. The building's architecture, with its stained glass, sculptures, decoration and the famous majolica panel on the façade, is a true work of art and an important part of the museum's display in its own right. The museum was founded in 1988 on the basis of the art department of the local history museum. Today its collection numbers about 12,000 items, including works by Bukovynian artists, 17th–20th-century icons, and folk, decorative and applied art. The exhibition traces the development of fine art in Bukovyna and reveals the region's rich artistic tradition.