Support Ukraine’s Cultural Defenders
Donate Today to Support the Defenders of Ukraine’s Endangered Cultural Heritage
Global Heritage Fund is joining forces with Europa Nostra and its powerful pan-European civil society network on the ground to support the defenders of cultural heritage in Ukraine as well as those working in the cultural heritage world who have been rendered refugees in their escape from the war.
Together with other international and European partners, we are actively working to ensure that Ukraine’s history will not be erased or rewritten. This includes providing resources for people working in museums, sites, and cultural institutions.
Your generous donation will help Ukraine’s people stand firm in defense of their independent and sovereign country.
The war in Ukraine has brought unimaginable suffering to Ukraine’s citizens. As we witness, not only are lives at risk, but the history and heritage of Ukraine face unprecedented destruction.
The campaign aims to provide emergency help for people working in museums, sites and cultural institutions in Ukraine. These funds will provide emergency assistance to heritage custodians that have lost their livelihoods by trying to save endangered cultural treasures in Ukraine, specifically by providing subsistence for living costs.
Your donation will directly support these brave guardians of our shared history and humanity.
Ukraine’s history, heritage and collective memory face irreparable damage or destruction.
Now you can help them in just a few clicks. With your generous donation, you stand not only with Ukrainians, but also for this unique, millennia-old multi-cultural legacy that’s 44 million people strong.
We know too well that cultural heritage once destroyed is lost forever. Your donation will help prevent such a loss. We are grateful for your solidarity & generosity!
Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage —
Rich & Diverse
See a list of Ukraine’s World Heritage Sites and a selection of notable museums and cultural institutions.
“We are all too familiar with ‘cultural destruction’ – the intentional annihilation of irreplaceable artwork, artifacts, historical sites and their stewards. This is often a desperate attempt to erase collective history and identity. The people of Ukraine are currently risking their lives to protect their cultural identity and safeguard the record of who they are. We MUST help them.”
– Nada Hosking, Global Heritage Fund Executive Director
“Today, the rich and diverse heritage in Ukraine is THE most endangered heritage in the whole of Europe. We therefore need to stand in solidarity with heritage custodians in Ukraine. We call upon every organisation and individual from across the globe, who care for culture, heritage and history, to contribute to our crowd-funding initiative, jointly launched by Europa Nostra and Global Heritage Fund. Together we can make a difference.”
– Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović, Secretary General of Europa Nostra