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Starting February 4, the museum presents the banner exhibition "NUNQUAM RETRORSUM," dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the «Magurycz» society

—a non-governmental organization founded in 1987 that has spent four decades rescuing, conserving, and documenting tombstones, crosses, and roadside shrines.

"Magurycz" carries out restoration work not only in Ukraine, but also at Polish, Jewish, and German cemeteries across four countries: Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In total, "Magurycz" members have worked at 157 cemeteries. They have restored over 3,200 objects, 96% of which are tombstones and 4% are roadside crosses. The volunteers of "Magurycz" are Poles and Ukrainians united by the common cause of preserving memory.

The organization's name comes from Mount Magurycz in the Lemko Region, located in the village of Bortne (Poland). Before World War II, master stonemasons lived here, quarrying sandstone and using it to create tombstones and roadside crosses.

The longtime leader and founder of "Magurycz" is the Polish stonemason and public figure Szymon Modrzejewski, who has dedicated over 40 years to rescuing abandoned cemeteries. With the onset of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he combines this work with humanitarian and military aid, specifically in cooperation with the NGO "People's Legion."