The museum received 23 shellac 78rpm records of Krushelnytska from the period 1903-1925 — purchased at London Bonhams auction through a collective initiative of the Ukrainian diaspora.
In November 2025 the Ukrainian Gramophone Museum received in its collection twenty-three shellac 78rpm records of Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872-1952) from the period 1903-1925. The records were purchased at the London Bonhams auction through a collective financial initiative of the Ukrainian diaspora in Great Britain, Canada, USA. The total purchase amount — 85,000 pounds sterling, raised in three weeks through a crowdfunding campaign 'Solomiya's Voice — Home'. The set includes: arias from Verdi's Aida (HMV recording 1903), Puccini's Madama Butterfly (Fonotipia 1904 — recorded after the Brescia triumph), Puccini's Tosca (HMV 1907), Wagner's Lohengrin (HMV 1910), Ukrainian folk songs (HMV 1913, a rare Ukrainian-language release for the Empire).
The special value of the acquisition — this is the most complete HMV-Fonotipia collection of Krushelnytska that now returns to Ukraine. The records passed primary restoration examination in the museum's workshop: shellac intact, tracks without serious damage, sound potential — fully functional. Digital remastering (24-bit/96kHz) will be publicly available through the museum's open online archive in 2026. The exhibition of original records opens in December 2025 as the central exhibit of the season.
