Embroidery Conservation Workshop — Programme for Regional Museums
The Maryna Ivanova Museum has launched a five-month embroidery conservation programme for staff of regional museums — from Poltava to Ivano-Frankivsk.
In January 2026 a five-month professional development programme for staff of regional museums began at the Maryna Ivanova Museum's restoration workshop. Twelve restorers from the Poltava Regional Museum, the Chernihiv Oblast Historical Museum, the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Museum, the Ternopil Museum and other oblast centres participate in the programme. The programme focuses on the conservation of embroidered rushnyky, shirts, shoulder pieces, and tablecloths of the 19th-20th centuries.
The curator — a restorer with twenty years of experience — teaches the full cycle of conservation operations: microscopic fibre identification (flax, hemp, cotton, silk), identification of natural dyes (madder, azurite, cochineal), gentle cleaning without chemical impact on the fabric, tear stabilisation with embroidery tape, documentation of the process in a restoration passport. A separate block is devoted to regional differences in techniques: satin stitch of Poltava, cross-stitch of Sumy, cutwork of the Dniester region, drawn-thread work of Polissia. Participants receive certificates recognised by the Ukrainian Restorers Association.
