Exhibitions - October 2023

In the Name of the Belarusian Nation…
100 Years from the Arrival of the Exile Government of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in Prague
October 6 - December 29, 2023

Poster

The exhibition commemorates the move of the Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic from Kaunas, Lithuania, to Prague that became the centre of Belarusian exile for the next two decades, which kept hope for the establishment of a free and democratic Belarus.

Klementinum, ground floor (gate A)
Mon - Sat 9 am - 7 pm (in the NL Opening Hours)
Admission to the exhibition for the NL registered users and those with a one-day Admission Ticket in the NL Opening Hours
NL readers entrance free

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70 Years of the Librarianship Institue in the National Library
October 12 – December 29, 2023

The display is focused on the history and development of this methodical workplace based in the National Library of the Czech Republic. It follows its work from the Central Methodical Cabinet at the beginning to the present Librarianship Institute. It describes the causes for which the workplace was established, its division and main activities. Featured are personalities/people, who participated and participate in its activities,and finally also partners who cooperate with the Librarianship Institute.

Klementinum, 1st floor (gate A)
Mon - Sat 9 am - 7 pm (in the NL Opening Hours)
Admission to the exhibition for the NL registered users and those with a one-day Admission Ticket in the NL Opening Hours
NL readers entrance free

From the Klementinum Treasures – The Mathematical Museum
September 7 - October 27, 2023

The Jesuit Mathematical Museum, originating spontaneously in the Klementinum from the 2nd half of the 17th c., was opened to the public in 1722 as one of the first museums in Bohemia and even in Europe. Mathematics was then taken in a wider sense of meaning, that why and the museum collections included astronomical instruments, globes, clocks, mechanical toys, or botanical, zoological and mineralogical collections, and of course a library.

Klementinum, ground floor (gate A)
Mon - Sat 9 am - 7 pm (in the NL Opening Hours)
Admission to the exhibition for the NL registered users and those with a one-day Admission Ticket in the NL Opening Hours
NL readers entrance free

Czech High Gothic in Models
August 29 - October 8, 2023

Presented are 20 physical models of buildings from the High Gothic period at a scale of 1:100, created by students and pedagogues of the Architecture and Civil Engineering Programme of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical College, Prague. Display panels provide further information and photos of the present state of some of the locations and buildings. Worth mentioning is e. g. a model of the Klementinum, or the Cistercian monastery and the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in Zbraslav; the latter was supposed to be a burial ground of the ancient royal family of Přemyslids. The display also features a new model of Lauf Castle, built by Charles IV as a fortress to guard the Imperial trade route between Prague and Nuremberg. More here >>

The Klementinum Gallery
Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm
Admission free