Three more Ukrainian-language audio guides have become available around the world, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska announced.
A Ukrainian-language audio tour is now available at the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark, which is considered one of Europe’s most modern literary museums.
Another is available at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany, one of Europe’s foremost art galleries. It houses one of the world’s richest collections of European paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, including works by Albrecht Dürer, Raphael, Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, and Titian.
In addition, an audio guide is now available at the Cluny Museum, one of France’s most important museums dedicated to the art and culture of the European Middle Ages. Its chronological exhibition features nearly 1,600 masterpieces of medieval art spanning more than a thousand years of history. Among the highlights of the collection are the famous The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry series, the heads of the Kings of Judah from Notre-Dame Cathedral, stained glass windows from Sainte-Chapelle, as well as one of the finest collections of Limoges enamels.
“The first Ukrainian translations of Andersen’s fairy tales appeared as early as the 19th century. They were produced, among others, by such Ukrainian classics as Yuriy Fedkovych and Mykhailo Starytsky. It is wonderful that Ukrainian is now an official language of one of the world’s greatest storytellers. And also a language of great artists. I thank all our embassies and activists, museum and tour teams – everyone who made this possible. There are now 125 Ukrainian-language audio guides in 59 countries. Ukrainian has the right to be heard and will be heard in every country as the language of a people that has something to say to the world,” the First Lady said.