>>>    >> 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