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PanoramaThe National Museum presents Czech inventors and inventions
An exhibition titled Czech inventors and inventions is currently underway
at the National Museum in Prague. It introduces visitors to the life and
work of more than 20 Czech or Czech-born inventors who made their mark in
the world. The exhibition covers achievements in many fields of human
activity - engineering, medicine, agriculture, biology, chemistry, as well
as in the humanities. But you will also find curious and somewhat absurd
creations which never went beyond the prototype stage. I asked Pavel
Douša, who heads the museum’s cultural heritage department, to show me
round and we started our tour in the entrance hall where a group of people
were admiring an enormous snowmobile. More
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Today in Mailbox: Response to former Prime Minister’s new political
party, your answers to last month’s mystery Czech quiz question.
Listeners quoted: Lynda-Marie Hauptmann, Peter Komrska, Chun-quan Meng,
Jayanta Chakrabarty, Bibi N-Shah, Barbara M. Ziemba, Ian Morrison, Colin
Law, Charles Konecny, David Eldridge. More
Current AffairsCzech company re-issues forgotten toy classic from the 1970s
A Czech toy manufacturer has recently bought the rights to a classic line
of toy figurines – Igráček, a communist era knock-off of the well-known
German Playmobil brand. The reissue of the plastic figures, which range
from doctors and nurses to bricklayers and mailmen, is set to hit shelves
in a few weeks.
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Current AffairsLibuše Niklová’s famous toys on display in Prague
The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague is currently hosting an exhibition
featuring the work of one of the most talented Czech toy designers of all
time Libuše Niklová. Though her name might not ring a bell with the
general public, her plastic toys, such as the red inflatable buffalo, have
been popular companions to several generations of Czech children.
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A priest tells his parishioners: sorry, I've fallen in love. Czechs are
playing a crazy new sport -woodkopf. And, clearing the way for Santa: an
owl drops down the chimney of a restaurant in Zatec. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Would you like bad breath, a dust mite or an ebola virus? Gone are the days
of teddy bears - today's kids want stuffed microbes. The earth spins -but
which way? Czech public television is clearly not sure. And, a top secret
nuclear shelter should soon open up to the public. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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PanoramaInconspicuous plastic toy that has made it to the National Museum
The Czech National Museum has decided to enrich their collection with the
addition of cecka - little plastic hooks in the shape of the letter C,
which could be linked up in chains and hung in the doorframes as beads
curtains. How did this inconspicuous piece of plastic earn its place among
the National Museum's exhibits? Believe it or not, for a generation of
people who grew up in the 1980s in communist Czechoslovakia, it is a
symbol
of their childhood. For reasons unknown, the pressed plastic
"Cs"
became a collecting craze among the children soon after they appeared on
the market. More
PanoramaPorcelain (and other) antique dolls for Christmas
It has become a tradition now that each December the Prague City Museum
holds a Christmas-themed exhibit, most often displaying historic nativity
scenes once manufactured in the Czech lands. But, these days such exhibits
are a "dime a dozen", so this year the museum opted for
something
a little different. Organisers approached three collectors to help put
together a show on antique dolls. The result is "Dolls of Our
Grandmothers", displaying more than 600 dolls from 19th and early
20th centuries. If you're a fan or a collector, this is a show not to be
missed. More
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Thieves get into the Prague Castle compound. Impressive micro-surgery: a
man gets a big toe in place of a missing thumb. And, a bottle of rum may
cost you 30,000 crowns. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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