Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
National Reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”
National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts
NGO “Association of Restorers of Ukraine”
DEAR COLLEAGUES!
We invite you to take part in the XI International Scientific and Practical Conference “Museums and Restoration in the Context of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Current Challenges of Our Time,” which will take place on September 17–18, 2026 at the National Reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” (21 Ivana Mazepy St., Kyiv, 01015), dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Reserve.
Thematic areas of the conference:
- Restoration and preservation of cultural heritage: history and modernity
- Museology and the protection of historical and cultural monuments
- Study, expertise, and attribution of works of art
- Museum/archival/library/gallery/private collections
- Public administration and public policy in the field of cultural heritage protection
- Training of specialists in museology, expertise, and restoration
- Research in related fields of activity
We invite specialists from research institutions, museum establishments, restoration centers, higher education institutions, postgraduate and doctoral students, and students of relevant specialties to participate. Student papers are accepted only in co-authorship with an academic supervisor!
Form of participation: mixed (offline and ZOOM).
The conference proceedings will be published in the corresponding collection before the start of the conference (subject to authors pre-ordering a sufficient number of printed copies). Please submit materials formatted according to the requirements listed below by July 27, 2026, to the email address: restavrator.centr@gmail.com.
Requirements for submitting materials to the collection:
Authors (conference participants) submit texts of their own, previously unpublished research corresponding to the conference themes, in Ukrainian or English. At the beginning, an abstract of the article of 3–4 sentences must be provided, along with its title and keywords in both Ukrainian and English. The main requirement for texts is scholarly novelty of the material, originality of thought, and relevance of the topic.
Authors must submit:
1. An application form as a separate file (see below).
2. The article text as a separate file, up to 15,000 characters including spaces, typed in Microsoft Word for Windows, font Times New Roman, font size 14, line spacing 1.5. File format – doc.
a. Paragraph indents should be formatted without using the tab key.
b. Do not use a dash in place of a hyphen or vice versa within the text.
c. Use curly quotation marks ” ” when quoting.
d. Indicate century names with the corresponding Roman numerals.
3. If additional fonts are used in the text, provide them as separate files.
4. Illustrative material (if available, no more than 8 items) as separate numbered files in tiff or jpeg format (300 dpi). Reference numbers to the illustrations must be placed in the text of the article in parentheses accordingly (fig. 1, etc.).
Provide, as a separate file, a correspondingly numbered list of captions for the illustrations (Fig. 1…). Tables with headings may be placed within the text or also provided as separate files.
5. A list of sources and references used (mandatory), compiled in the order in which references appear in the text, provided after the text, and formatted according to the DSTU 2015 requirements. Please do not use automatic numbering. References to sources and literature should be given in the text in square brackets with continuous numbering (e.g.: [3, p. 42] for bibliography or [3, sheet 42] for archival files), where 3 is the sequential number in the specified list. The absence of references to sources and literature in the text is possible if the author submits the work to the “Communications” section.
Attention! Sample formatting of sources and literature in the list:
Electronic publication:
Osadcha O. Fresco technique for studying the “Working in Material” course for students. URL: http:// artisthe-len.com/rozrobky/tehnika-fresky-dovyvchennya-kursu-robota-v-materiali-dlya-studentiv-spetsialnosti-023 (Note that we are referring to a specific publication posted on a particular electronic resource)
Literature:
Nikitenko M. M. Holy Mountains of Kyiv: the construction of the sacred space of early Christian Kyiv (late 10th – early 12th century). Kyiv, 2013. 484 p., ill.
Shemaiev S. A. Peculiarities of interaction between libraries, museums, and archives in foreign countries. Young Scientist. 2015. No. 4 (84). Part VIII. P. 738–741.
Archival sources:
National Reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra,” archive of the chief architect’s service. Sitkarova O., Kolesnykov O. et al. Preliminary report on the preparation of the restoration project of the Church of the Savior on Berestovo under the Getty Foundation Grant Program. Historical background. Document: F.G. 84/16. Kyiv, 2002.
Central State Archive of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine (TsDAVO Ukraine), f. 1, op. 33, spr. 40, 28 sheets.
6. After the list of sources and literature and the list of illustrations, provide a list of abbreviations (if any).
We strongly urge you to adhere to the submission deadlines and formatting requirements!
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to selectively publish materials based on authors’ compliance with all the above conditions, as well as the right to scholarly editing, etc. Received materials are not peer-reviewed.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the facts presented, the completeness and consistency of the coverage of the issues under study, and the spelling of proper names and geographical names, as well as references to sources and literature.
Travel and accommodation – at the expense of the sending party.
Conference Organizing Committee:
Svitlana Haha-Sheremetieva (+38 067 744 98 77; +38 044 406 63 51),
Olena Cherniakhivska, Ph.D. in History (+38 067 299 16 26)