Your Guide to
Travel, Entertainment, Business and Expat Life in Lviv, Lwow, Lvov, Lemberg, Ukraine.

Golden Treasures of Lost Civilizations is a year-long exhibit at Potocki Palace. The exhibit, which runs until December 30, 2012, features relics from the Bronze Age to the Kievan Rus' period. The collection includes everyday household items, jewelry, tools and weapons of gold, silver, nonferrous metals, bone and glass from the Northern Black Sea and Mediterranean regions.

From May 18th to August 26th Lviv's National Museum will host "Normandy in Painting." The exhibition features 19th and 20th works by French Impressionists including Renoir, Monet, Gericault, Courbet and Corot. The paintings depict episodes from the artists lives in Normandy with an emphasis on nature, the seaside and rural life.

"The Trypillian Code" will have a long run at the Potocki Palace from June 2nd till December 31st 2012. The exhibit includes over 400 artifacts that date from from 4500-3000 B.C. from the Trypillian culture, one of the largest Neolithic settlements, which stretched from the Carpathians to the Dnieper and Dnister River regions and encompassed parts of modern-day Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.

From June 8th, 2012 till February 11th, 2013, the Center of Urban History of East Central Europe will host "Sport and the City: People. Society. Ideology." The exhibit traces the history of sports in Lviv over the past 150 years, from the beginnings of sports in Europe and particularly in Lviv, including the relationship between sports and nationalism, sports and government, sports and commerce, and sports on a global level. Admission is free.

During the EURO 2012 matches head over to Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Culture Park (called "Park Kultury" by locals) to “LeoFan” - a free fan-zone where you can watch all the games on huge screens and have a lot of fun. LeoFan will feature a kids' fan-zone, family zone and VIP-zone with free WiFi access.

FanARTia is a music festival that will take place over the last 10 days of June inside Lviv's UEFA Fan Zone on non-match days. This festival will bring together several folk and modern Ukrainian musicians as well as some top local DJs.

The exhibition "Artur Schyk: Man of Dialogue" will be shown at the Gary Bowman Gallery from June 22nd till July 15th. Artur Schyk's 45 miniature prints represent an overview of the Polish-Jewish history, starting from the thirteenth century when Prince Boleslaw granted privileges to the Jews in Poland that determined their legal status, the later participation of Jews in the struggle for Poland's national independence, and their service in the legions of Józef Piłsudski. Admission is free.

From June 26th till July 15th the Green Sofa Gallery will be showing “12.00″ by “Olena KHOMYAKOVA & KAZA.” Designers Olena Khomyakova and Dana Khmil' have created a collection of jewelery in steampunk style. Admission is free.