The Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum invites you to a presentation of the VEHA archive book Ruins of Belarus.
📅 When: 15 May 2026, 7:00 pm
📍 Where: Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum, 37 Holden Rd, London N12 8HS
Our guest will be Lesia Pčołka — artist, researcher, and curator of the VEHA archive.
We will discuss the book Ruins of Belarus — a collection of photographs telling the story of Belarusian townhouses and of the people connected to them.
We will also speak with Lesia about the digital archive VEHA, which collects and researches the visual history of Belarus through family photograph archives. Join us for a fascinating conversation about Belarusian collective memory and the ways it can be explored and studied.
The book may be ordered here.
