Exhibitions - April 2023

Hello, Armenia, "Բարև Չեխիա"
Thirty Years of Diplomatic Relations between the Rebublic of Armenia and the Czech Republic
April 5 - May 16, 2023

Poster

The exhibition has been organized by the National Library of Czech Republic and the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Czech Republic in association with University of Pardubice and the Czech society Slavic Union. Featured is a colorful mosaic of portraits of eminent Armenian personalities and the most beautiful natural and cultural heritage sites. Apart from photographs the display presents documents from the National Library´s collections and hitherto unpublished results of archaeological research.

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

The Initials
March 29 - May 7, 2023

Poster

The exhibition is the result of a joint project of two studios of Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen. The project was led by Renáta Fučíková, Kristina Fišerová and Rostislav Vaněk.
The word Initial comes from Latin Initium, a beginning. The Guide to Illuminated Manuscripts says that it is an enlarged and decorated letter introducing an important section of a text. Initials can have a different level of significance. Among the most common forms of initials are decorated, anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, zoo-anthropomorphic, gymnastic, inhabited or historiated. In the collections of the National Library of the CR you can find a large number of examples which prove the transformation of historical periods, styles and handwriting of both known and unknown authors.
The Initial was the theme assigned to students of the two studios. The display features some of their works.

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