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National Museum shows "Mute Witnesses of the Luxembourg Rule"
Last week saw the opening of a major exhibition devoted to the 14th century
king and emperor, Charles IV, at Prague Castle. It brings together
priceless works from dozens of museums in fifteen countries, and covers
not only the reign of Charles IV himself, but the whole period when the
Luxembourg dynasty ruled the Czech lands in the 14th and 15th centuries.
But some objects from that time were simply too large to be transported to
Prague Castle. They are on show at a separate exhibition at the National
Museum's Lapidarium in Prague 7.
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Prague's National Museum building in dire need of restoration after 115 years of operation
The majestic building of Prague's National Museum, standing on top of
Wenceslas Square, opened in 1891 to provide a dignified home for the
institution, founded in 1818. What was a quiet, leafy area a hundred years
ago is now the busiest place in Prague. With congested motorways on both
sides of the building and two metro lines crossing right underneath it the
National Museum building is suffering considerably.
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Prague's Veletrzni Palac
If Prague's Veletrzni Palac or Trade Fair Palace didn't house the modern
art collection of the National Gallery, most of us would probably not
notice the large building that stands just a few metres away from the
city's exhibition complex. But the Palace is one of Prague's earliest and
largest buildings in the Functionalist style.
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"100 Works from the National Gallery" published to mark 210th anniversary
This week saw the launch of a book entitled "100 Works from the
National Gallery in Prague", which was published to coincide with the
210th anniversary of the institution's foundation. The man behind the
publication is Milan Knizak, director of the Czech National Gallery; he
says selecting 100 pieces from the many thousands owned by the state body
was no easy task.
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Villa Bertramka - Mozart's place of inspiration in Prague
To mark the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth, we visit
the Villa Bertramka, where the great Austrian composer stayed in Prague.
The villa now houses a permanent exhibition devoted to Mozart and his
hosts Josefina and Franz Xaver Dusek - two renowned 18th century
musicians. Dita Asiedu was given a tour by the museum's director Lenka
Pokorna.
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Concerts, exhibitions, films mark "Year of Jewish Culture"
2006 is the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Prague's Jewish Museum,
and to mark the event, exhibitions, concerts, films and theatre
performances will be held across the country. The festival, dubbed The
Year of Jewish Culture, will aim to reflect the huge cultural contribution
made by the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia over the centuries.
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Year of Jewish Culture to mark 100 anniversary of Prague Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum in Prague is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year,
with a year-long programme of concerts, theatre performances and
exhibitions. The events will celebrate the centuries of Jewish life in the
Czech Lands, and the substantial cultural contribution of the Jewish
community, a community which was decimated by the Holocaust. Rob Cameron
spoke to Leo Pavlat, director of the Jewish Museum.
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Brno's Museum of Romany Culture begins to fulfil its dream with a new permanent exhibition
For fifteen years now the Museum of Romany culture in the Czech Republic's
second city of Brno has been mapping the rich, but sometimes tragic and
often misunderstood history of the Romany minority here in the Czech
lands. Today the Roma are Europe's largest minority, but their life and
traditions remain little known to many Europeans. Also in the wake of the
Holocaust, and with forced assimilation in the second half of the 20th
century, many Roma themselves have lost contact with their roots and
traditions. But as the museum shows, Roma have reason to be intensely
proud of their culture and history.
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Gnome sweet Gnome in Central Bohemia
Did you know that the Czech Republic is the original home of the
mass-produced gnome? Gnomes, elves and dwarves have quite a tradition
here, but it is a tradition that has been scorned by snobs and neglected
by the rest of us. Not any more: an exhibition currently showing at the
Museum of Central Bohemia in Roztoky, just north of Prague aims to put
things right. David Vaughan donned his red cap and went along, accompanied
by the museum's programme director, Tana Pekarkova.
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Zdenek Fibich's "Christmas Eve" premiered 130 years ago
"Christmas Eve" is the first ever concert melodrama that was
introduced to the Czech audience. In celebration of the 130th anniversary
of its first ever performance, Dita Asiedu explores how this masterpiece
by the great Czech composer Zdenek Fibich was born and visits a Prague
exhibition devoted to Christmas Eve in art.
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