>>> >> Reporter: DESPITE BEING THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM IN CHICAGO IS SPREADING AWARENESS OF WHAT LIFE IS LIKE FOR UKRAINIANS IN THAT COUNTRY.

ONE OF THE MUSEUM'S CURRENT EXHIBITS IS FOCUSING ON THE POPULATION'S MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

INSIDE THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM LIES AN EXHIBIT DEPICTING WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN.

>> THEY SEE PAIN, AND THEY ALWAYS SAY ART IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE A CHILD'S PAIN, OR EVEN IN A -- >> THIS -- CHILDREN'S -- THE ONGOING -- UKRAINE WAR.

CHILDREN ARE -- WORLD WAR II -- >> THE WAY CHILDREN -- PAIN -- OF A LOT ABOUT -- SITTING -- THEM -- HOW THEY'RE -- >> Reporter: SINCE THE -- THE MUSEUM HAS SEEN MORE THAN 9000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH ITS DOORS.

EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT UKRAINE'S HISTORY.

>> THERE SEEMS TO BE A HEIGHTENED INTEREST, AND, YES, WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT ON FEBRUARY 24th, WE HAD MANY, MANY PEOPLE.

WE COULDN'T HANDLE THE FLOW OF VISITORS.

>> Reporter: MARIA CONTRACT, THE MUSEUM'S CURATOR, SAYS IT'S IN HER MISSION TO NOT ONLY PRESERVE HER COUNTRY'S CULTURE, BUT TO ALSO SPREAD AWARENESS.

>> SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THE WAR.

THEY HAVE SOME FATIGUE.

TRY TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE UKRAINIAN CULTURE, UKRAINIAN IDEAS EVERYWHERE, BUT THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM.

>> Reporter: CONTRACTS SISTER IS A SCHOOLTEACHER IN UKRAINE, AND SAYS TILDEN ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL OUT OF BOMB SHELTERS.

IT'S A COMMUNAL EFFORT TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE.

>> THIS IS HOW THE CHILDREN IN UKRAINE LIVE.

YOU KNOW?

HOW TEACHERS LIVE, HOW PARENTS LIVE.

THINKING ABOUT PROTECTION, HOW TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: ONE PANEL AND EXHIBIT SIGNIFIES HOPE, HOPE THAT ONE DAY, CHILDREN WILL SEE THEIR COLORFUL HOMETOWN THE WAY THEY ONCE DID .

>> OR WILL STOP, AND CHILDREN WILL SMILE AGAIN.

AND THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN BEDS.

THEY WILL HAVE, THEY WILL PLAY ON THEIR OWN BACKYARD, ON THEIR OWN HOUSE.

>> Reporter: AND THE MUSEUM HAS RAISED MORE THAN $100,000 IN DONATIONS FOR UKRAINE.

YOU CAN SEE THE, MOM, I DON'T WANT MORE EXHIBIT THROUGH FEBRUARY 28th.

>>> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, JOANNA, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, TOMORROW, MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE WAR STARTED.

WHAT DO PEOPLE EXPECT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY RALLY?

>> WELL , SO FAR, WE KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, THE RALLY IS STARTING HERE AT 6:30.

WE ACTUALLY JUST SEE SOME PEOPLE COME BAD TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SHOWCASING PROTECTING MORE THAN 365 PHOTOS