The Ukrainian Gramophone Museum announces an updated mission — 5000+ records in the collection from Krushelnytska's first HMV recording in 1903 to the modern vinyl revival of DakhaBrakha and Onuka.
In September 2025 the Ukrainian Gramophone Museum (Kyiv, Spivoche Pole) announced an updated strategic mission for the next decade. The museum's collection numbers over five thousand records — from the earliest shellac 78rpm discs of HMV with the voice of Solomiya Krushelnytska from 1903 to contemporary vinyl releases of DakhaBrakha, Onuka, Okean Elzy, The Hardkiss from the post-revolutionary period of 2014+. The uniqueness of the collection — full historical continuity: no museum institution in Ukraine covers all stages of the Ukrainian recording industry from the era of the Empire through the Soviet Melodiya to modern independent labels.
The mission for the next decade focuses on three directions: full digitisation of the collection (4K scanning of covers, audio remastering in 24-bit/96kHz, metadata database); public accessibility through an open online archive (Internet Archive model, but with Ukrainian focus); remastering of the most damaged records in partnership with the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre (cross-ref Phase 3.9 cinema-sound continuity). The museum moves beyond the archival function to the position of an active cultural player returning Ukrainian sound heritage to the daily culture of the listener.
