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.

"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.

From Thursday, August 23rd to Tuesday, September 11th, the Lemish Gallery will host an inter-regional exhibit "Let's Paint Our Land" by popular Ukrainian artists Oleksandr Yurchenko and Volodymyr Sandyuk. The exhibit features nearly 60 works depicting the picturesque Ukrainian countryside. Admission is free.

From Thursday, August 30th till Sunday, October 21st The National Museum will host "Yosyp Bokshai: 1891-1975". The exhibition features the artist's genre paintings, landscapes, portraits and still lives from Yosyp Bokshai Transcarpathian Museum of Arts and private collections. Admission is about 10 (1 Euro). The National Museum sits right on Lviv’s central avenue Prospect Svobody close to the Opera House.

Attention modern art lovers: from Friday, August 31st till Saturday, September 8, Lviv will host Project "Tyzhden' / Contemporary Art Week." The bi-annual event features a variety of artistic performances and installations, new media art and experimental electronic music, and film shows by Ukrainian and international artists. Festival events are free and take place at different locations in downtown Lviv.

On Sunday, September 2nd, catch a performance of Rossini’s opera The Barber of Seville sung in the original at the Lviv Opera House. For tickets, visit the Opera House box office or call ahead to reserve :+38 (032) 235 6586, +38 (032) 260 1360.