Ukrainian bard Taras Shevchenko unites Ukraine and China in landmark cultural exchange programme that paves way for closer bilateral ties. In 2016, a landmark series of art exchanges took place between Ukraine and China. It culminated with the opening of the Taras Shevchenko Museum in Beijing in September 2016, the first institution of its kind to be funded fully by a foreign government and not the Ukrainian state or diaspora.
Poetry of famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko was recited by children stydying at Sonechko Childcare Center (Toronto, Canada) during celebrating Shevchenko's Days - 2013.
A project of International Institute of Education, Culture and on Diaspora ties “Ukrainian children worldwide read Kobzar” was presented at the premises of Lviv Polytechnic National University on March 7, 2013. The presentation was broadcasted live in the Internet.
Fifty years ago, on June 27, 1964, the American Capital inaugurated a monument to Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, outstanding Ukrainian poet, philosopher, artist and outstanding personality, who entered the global pantheon of cultural heritage.