Starting October 2, we invite you to the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion for the presentation of the new project, "In the Beginning Was the Word."
This exhibition is dedicated to communication—from the first signs and writing to the modern digital world.
The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the power of the written word, how it resonates today, and what form it will take in the future. It reminds us of the immense importance of books. It is a space for dialogue between the present and the past, a search for answers in texts, images, and the meanings we continue to create.
The exhibition is built on the principle of a kaleidoscope: each section is a separate mini-exhibition. Topics range from the emergence of writing and symbols to music as a form of expression, libraries and archives; from translators and prophets to censorship, the word as a weapon and defense; and the book today.
Acknowledgments
The museum staff expresses gratitude for the assistance in preparing the exhibition project "In the Beginning Was the Word" to:
Our Defenders
The museum workers who contributed to the creation of the exhibition.
The Chief Artist of the project—Orest Skop.
Also, the friends of the museum: Adam Kasperkiewicz (Poland), Anatoliy Furlet, Andriy Bilous, Andriy Tsybko, Ihor Salnykov, Orest Khamula, Rostyslav Valovyi, Ivan Svarnyk, Larysa Luhova.
Third-year students of the "Graphic Design" Educational Program at the Institute of Printing and Media Technologies of the Lviv Polytechnic National University and their supervisors: Olha Borysenko, guarantor of the "Graphic Design" educational program, associate professor of the Department of Graphics and Book Art, and Ihor Shuturma, assistant of the department.
Our partners for providing artifacts for the exhibition:
Archaeological Museum of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Military History Museum of the 58th Officers' House
Lviv Historical Museum
Museum of the History of Kamianske
Museum of the Book and Printing of Ukraine
Museum-Memorial of Victims of Occupation Regimes "Lontsky Prison"
National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. Memorial Complex
Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv
State Archives of Lviv Oblast
Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, Lviv
Lviv National Scientific Library of Ukraine named by V. Stefanyk
National Library of Ukraine named by V. Vernadskiy
National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine for audiovisual content.