Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology

The Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology (IAFE; Ukrainian: Інститут мистецтвознавства, фольклористики та етнології ім.

М. Т. Рильського, Instytut mystetsvoznavstva, folklorystyky ta etnolohiyi imeni M. T. Ryl’s’koho) is a research institute in Kyiv, Ukraine, established in August 1936.

The Institute takes its origin from a number of art and ethnographic centres that emerged during the 1920s.

Its research topics include culture of the ethnic minorities of Ukraine, theory of fine art and folklore history, ethnic and foreign culture and art, history and theory of folklore studies, and others.

The periodicals are The Library’s current collection consists of approximately 119,100 volumes, mostly on ethnography, folklore, fine art, musicology, theatre and cinematography studies, as well as related topics (demography, history, cultural studies and literature) and so on.