MCL NEW BOOKS
New books from the MCL book production are sure to delight fans of our exhibitions staged in 2017. The prestigious and extensive publication in three languages – Czech, Russian, English – with a rich image supplement titled The Experience of Exile. The Destinies of Exiles from the Territory of the Former Russian Empire in Interwar Czechoslovakia is a scholarly catalogue that accompanied the…
SILVER ARCHER AWARD – CZECH REPUBLIC 2017
On Thursday, November 2nd, 2017, the exhibition arranged by the Museum of Czech Literature The Experience of Exile / The Destinies of Exiles from the Territory of the Former Russian Empire in Interwar Czechoslovakia was presented the Silver Archer Award in the category Historical Heritage. Nominated for this Award are such projects that contribute to cultivate Czech-Russian relationship and…
WENCESLAUS HOLLAR BOHEMUS – THE LANGUAGE OF NEEDLE AND BURIN
Co-operating with the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava, the Museum of Czech Literature has grounded a unique virtual project that shows a collection of graphic arts pieces by one outstanding 17th century Baroque engraver. The collection of etchings by Václav Hollar entitled Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemus – The Language of Needle and Burin in full print quality is exceptionally available to the…
FIFTHEENTH TRIENNIAL CZECH EX LIBRIS AWARDS PRESENTED
The winners of the 15th Triennial Czech Ex Libris 2017 competition were presented awards on Friday October 6th, 2017, when the same-named exhibition opened in the exhibition hall in the Karel Pippich Theatre in Chrudim. The Museum of Czech Literature ‘Cabinet Ex Libris’, the Cultural Centre Chrudim Beseda and the Association of Collectors and Friends Ex Libris will show the contemporary Czech…
FERDINAND II OF TYROL AND STAR SUMMER PALACE
The Star Summer Palace hosts the exhibition ‘Ferdinand II of Tyrol’ co-organized by the Museum of Czech Literature and the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences from September 8th to October 29th, 2017. The organizers want to mark two anniversaries related with Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and to link them symbolically to thematically related displays in Austria (Ambras…
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN T. G. MASARYK AND J. S. MACHAR
The Masaryk Institute and Archives, Czech Academy of Sciences, is to publish T.G. Masaryk – Josef Svatopluk Machar: Correspondence; it is Petr Kotyk, a literary historian and the Museum of Czech Literature Literary Archive Department’s curator who was its co-editor. In September 2013, he managed to gain for the Museum Literary Archive a valuable acquisition of about 500 letters from 1893-1932…
LITOMĚŘICE RESEARCH ROOM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Museum of Czech Literature Litoměřice Central Depository Research Room started on July 17th, 2017. The Research Room is open to visitors daily from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00. p.m. It offers material stored in the MCL Central Depository in accordance with the standard set of rules on access to the archival records. There are over two thirds of the MCL Literary Archive collections stored in the…
FORMAL CEREMONY TO LAUNCH RESTORATION OF FUTURE MCL HEAD OFFICE
The formal ceremony to launch the reconstruction of the Museum of Czech Literature’s new head office in the so-called Petschek Villa, Prague 6 took place on Friday, June 23rd, 2017; speeches were delivered by Daniel Herman, the Minister of Culture CR; Zdeněk Freisleben, the MCL Director; Lubor Hoďánek, the Director General of the VUP DECO, a.s.; Jiří Kápl, the Division Director of the Čechy OHL…
YEAR’S EVENT – EXHIBITION ‘THE EXPERIENCE OF EXILE’ IN STAR SUMMER PALACE
The exhibition ‘THE EXPERIENCE OF EXILE/ THE DESTINIES OF EXILES FROM THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN INTERWAR CZECHOSLOVAKIA’ is on view in the Star Summer Palace from June 16th to October 29th. It has been the MCL biggest exhibition projects of this year. The exhibition touches on today’s burning subject: migration and exile. It provides a look at the history of the First…
ICOM CZECH REPUBLIC PRIZE FOR EXHIBITION ‘HAVEL-PRIGOV AND THE CZECH EXPERIMENTAL POETRY’
The prize-giving ceremony took place in the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague on May 17th, 2017 to announce the 15th National Museum Competition ‘Gloria Musaealis’ 2016 winners in all categories. The Museum of Czech Literature got the ICOM Czech Republic’s Prize for the exhibition ‘Havel-Prigov and Czech Experimental Creation’ that was on in the Star Summer Palace from June 17th to October 31st. The…
