The museum launches a 6-month luthier school — training in custom-shop electric guitar making from resonant Ukrainian wood species in partnership with NAOMA.
In January 2026 the Universum Hall Guitars Museum began a six-month educational programme 'Ukrainian Luthier School — The Art of Author Guitar Craft'. Programme curators — three leading Ukrainian luthiers from Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, whose workshops produce custom-shop instruments with standards competing with global brands Fender, Gibson, PRS. The programme accepts 10 participants from guitar workshops and design academies of Ukraine.
Disciplines: identification of resonant Ukrainian wood species (ash, Carpathian maple, local walnut, poplar, alder) — selection of raw materials for the body, neck, soundboard; fundamentals of acoustics and body design; making the neck and fret hardware; installation of author pickups (including partnership with Ukrainian pickup manufacturers); lacquering and finishing. A separate block — economics of the custom-shop brand: pricing policy, marketing, export strategies. The programme is conducted in partnership with the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (NAOMA) Kyiv — graduation works of participants (custom-shop instruments) will enter the museum's collection as examples of modern Ukrainian luthier school.
