Exhibitions - December 2023

The Jubilee Exhibition of Nativity Scenes in the Klementinum.
Only Once in 100 Years
November 25, 2023 – January 7, 2024
(closed on December 24-25, 2023)

Poster

A representative display features the works of the best contemporary creators of Nativity scenes in the Czech Republic. It is held on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the first Nativity scene created by St. Francis of Assisi in Greccio, Italy, in 1223. The exhibition takes place in the Klementinum, where the first Nativity scene was created in the Czech lands in 1562 and where the Jubilee Manger Scene Exhibition was organized in 1923. The accompanying programme includes guided tours, visitors can watch creators of the Nativity scene during their work, and children have the opportunity to create their own Nativity scene or perform a puppet show.

The Klementinum Gallery
Monday to Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm
Admission CZK 120 / CZK 60

We have been the Music Department for 100 Years
The 100th Anniversary of the Music Department of the National Library of the Czech Republic 1923–2023

9 November, 2023 – 16 January, 2024

Poster - Opening ceremony

This year, the Music Department celebrates the 100th anniversay of its continuous activity. Since 1923, it has been involved in acquiring, cataloguing and making available music prints, manuscripts, and other music-related documents. The exhibition outlines the department´s history, presents the exceptional features of historical and modern music collections as well as research and publishing activities related to them. Visitors can also look into the process of cataloguing the music documents including their preservation.

Klementinum, ground floor (gate A)
Mon - Sat 9 am - 7 pm
Admission to the exhibition for the NL registered users and those with a one-day Admission Ticket in the NL Opening Hours (closed on Bank Holidays and Saturdays December 9, 23 and 30, 2023)
NL readers entrance free

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
Admission to the exhibition for the NL registered users and those with a one-day Admission Ticket in the NL Opening Hours (closed on Bank Holidays and Saturdays December 9, 23 and 30, 2023)
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
Admission to the exhibition for the NL registered users and those with a one-day Admission Ticketin the NL Opening Hours (closed on Bank Holidays and Saturdays December 9, 23 and 30, 2023)
NL readers entrance free