This Friday, Violity PRO Collecting YouTube channel will premiere the next episode of Kateryna Pimenova's program.
This time the art observer visited the Odesa Football Museum and talked to its founder, collector Emmanuel Ganev.
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The idea to create a football club-museum came to him in the late 2000s. Of course, his collection of football-related merchandise was born out of his love for the sport. Emanuel is a passionate fan: he has attended countless matches in Ukraine and traveled abroad for more than 170 trips.
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Today, in the halls of the museum founded by his husband, you can trace the formation of professional football in Odesa from the nineteenth century to the present day. However, Emmanuel does not limit himself to local topics: the museum has memorabilia dedicated to the history of various clubs around the world and their fans.
Program host Kateryna Pimenova
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Photographs, posters and paper match programs from more than half a century, thousands of football scarves, signed jerseys and balls, unique "fan albums" from the pre-internet era, medals, diplomas and personal belongings of players, as well as many other artifacts that reveal the sporting achievements and life stories of football people.
Over the years, the collection has been through a lot. In 2013, the museum was completely rebuilt after an accidental fire broke out in a neighboring building, and in the summer of 2022, the institution suffered an enemy missile attack, which damaged some valuable pieces of the collection. The rarest items, however, were evacuated at the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
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Now, although incomplete, the exhibition continues to arouse the interest of Odesa residents and visitors and unite football fans of several generations.
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The issue of "All for football and a little more. Emmanuel Ganev's Collection" will be released on the Violity PRO Collecting YouTube channel on Friday, August 2 at 16:00.
