The Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine is a museum in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

chronicling the history of Ukrainian

performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...

. It was founded in 1923 as part of

Les Kurbas Oleksandr-Zenon Stepanovych Kurbas ( ua , Олександр-Зенон Степанович Курбас; 24 February 1887– 30 November 1937), was a Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something rel ...

Berezil Theatre The Berezil Theatre was an avant-garde Soviet Ukrainian theater troupe founded by Les Kurbas. It lasted from 1922 to 1933. Its original home was in Kyiv, but in 1926 the troupe moved to Kharkiv. Also known as Artistic Organization Berezil’, the ...

. It holds costumes, puppets, and musical instruments. Its collection of theater-related art includes works by

Alexandra Exter Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...

Vadym Meller Vadym Meller or Vadim Meller, (russian: Вадим Георгиевич Меллер; uk, Вадим Георгійович Меллер, 1884–1962) was a Ukrainian Soviet painter, avant-garde Cubist, Constructivist and Expressionist artist, ...

Anatol Petrytsky Anatol Petrytsky (January 31 (February 12), 1895 – March 6, 1964) was a Soviet painter, stage and book designer. Biography Petrytsky was born in the family of a railwayman. From 1912 to 1918, he studied at the Kiev Art School. Was an apprentic ...

, and

Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov Alexander (Oleksandr) Khvostenko-Khvostov ( uk, Олександр Веніамінович Хвостенко-Хвостов; April 4, 1895 – February 16, 1967) was a Russian/Ukrainian/Soviet avant-garde artist ( Constructivist), and stage desig ...

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