Ihor Poshyvailo

Dr. Ihor Poshyvailo (Kyiv, Ukraine) is a cultural anthropologist, museum expert, art curator, and researcher of conflicted history. He has served as General Director of the National Museum of Revolution of Dignity (Maidan Museum) since 2016.
Ihor is an ex-chairman of the Museum Council at the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture. He holds a Ph.D. in History and is a corresponding Member of the Archaeological Institute of America (USA). He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Smithsonian Institution. Ihor participated in the international trainings and conferences on heritage protection in times of crisis.
When the large-scale Russian-Ukrainian war started Ihor co-founded the Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI), the Agency for Cultural Resilience (ACURE) and the CER Regional Hub in the Black Sea. In 2023 Ihor received the Cultural Protection Award (CPAs, UK), and the AIA Award for Outstanding Public Service (USA). In 2024, he won the Kenneth Hudson Award for Institutional Courage and Professional Integrity from the European Museum Forum.