Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia sends special materials to save works of art in Lviv

The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia has responded to theappeal of the Lviv museums and decided to send special materials to save the rich artistic heritage of the city ofUkraine. Thus, special packaging materials will be sent which will be used to secure the works and protect them from the actions of war. A choice based on the deep conviction that culture is the bearer of a universal language of peace, it is necessary to secure the works of art kept in Lviv, a UNESCO World Heritage city.

"This is a huge heritage of about 65,000 works and two thousand sculptures that are now in storage but are not adequately protected," explains Mariacristina Gribaudi, president of the MUVE Foundation. “In Venice we have already defended museums with sandbags, it happened at the Doge’s Palace during the two world wars. It is still recent history. We know well the delicacy of having to pack the works and be able to transport them safely to protected places, as was done with much of the heritage of the Civic Museums. In agreement with Mayor Brugnaro, our solidarity was immediate.”

“Venice, a city that is open to the world and has always defended the value of the freedom of anyone who comes to experience it while respecting its rules and traditions, could not remain deaf to the call for help that is being raised by those in Ukraine who are struggling to secure works of art,” Mayor Luigi Brugnaro commented. “To save those works is not only to secure the historical and artistic heritage of a city, but it is also to safeguard and secure for future generations the identity of a people, the memory of a community and the traditions of a nation. Venice, a city that celebrated the 1,600th anniversary of its founding and with its civic museums tells the world the history of a place that is a crossroads of cultures and peoples, proves with its deeds that it is there and is rolling up its sleeves so that art and beauty once again become the best weapons to defeat the hatred that is sweeping Ukraine at this time.”

As part of the Save Ukraine Art 2022 project, first MUVE provided initial suggestions on how to store and promptly respond. There are no equipped bunkers in the Lviv Museum, and there are fears of collapse, strong air movement, and fires that would put the entire heritage at risk. "We could not remain indifferent to the appeal that comes from the direction of the National Gallery in Lviv and its director Taras Wozniack, with photographer Marco Gallipoli who lives there and the intermediary of Lucio Gomiero. As the mayor mentioned recently, that of museums and art is an international network, which composes a community that is aware of the value of preserving culture and knows how to mobilize when the heritage of humanity is threatened," concluded Gabriella Belli, director of the MUVE Foundation.

From an operational point of view, the Fondazione Musei Civici will, with the coordination of the City of Venice, provide for the purchase and transportation of special packaging materials, capable of protecting the artworks from excessive vibrations or accidental shocks, sharing procedures with the counterpart conservators in Lviv. Special polyethylene fabrics with which to cover works of different materials such as furniture, costumes, glass, marble, paintings and graphics; waterproof and dustproof Datalogger-type temperature and humidity meters to store data and then allow downloading, analysis and subsequent graphical display of the values; polyethylene foam panels with high impact resistance, suitable for protective and durable packaging.

Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia sends special materials to save works of art in Lviv

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