The Solomiya Krushelnytska Memorial Museum in Lviv sums up 74 years of work since the singer's bequest in 1952 — an updated mission for the next decade.
In 2026 the Solomiya Krushelnytska Memorial Museum (Lviv, Solomiya Krushelnytska Street 23) marks 74 years of work since the moment when the outstanding Ukrainian singer bequeathed her house and collection to Lviv (1952). Solomiya Amvrosiyivna Krushelnytska (23 September 1872 — 16 November 1952) — a world-class Ukrainian operatic soprano who performed on the highest stages of Europe and the Americas during 1893-1925, returned to Lviv in 1929, refused emigration in 1939 during the Soviet occupation, and lived in this house for the last 23 years of her life.
The museum preserves in the original interior: a Bechstein piano (on which Solomiya rehearsed from 1929), a working desk with manuscripts, a library of partitures, personal costumes of her stage roles (Aida, Cio-Cio-San, Tosca, Marguerite, Brunhilde), photo chronicles of performances at La Scala, the Metropolitan, Teatro Colón. The mission for the next decade: full digitisation of 1500+ archival documents; expansion of the International Krushelnytska Competition (since 1992 — one of the most prestigious in Central-Eastern Europe); an educational programme for young Ukrainian opera sopranos; international exhibitions in partnership with La Scala and Teatro Colón. The museum remains not only a repository of the past, but also an active institution that connects the Ukrainian opera school with the world stage.
