Exhibitions - January 2024

The Jubilee Exhibition of Nativity Scenes in the Klementinum.
Only Once in 100 Years
November 25, 2023 – January 7, 2024

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 (ATTENTION! On Friday, January 5 - 9:00-13:00, on Saturday, January 6 - closed)
NL readers entrance free

The Depiction of Biblical Stories in Renaissance Illuminations

January 8 - March 28, 2024

Poster

The panel exhibition features selected music manuscripts, hymnals and graduals from the NL collections, used in congregational singing at town churches in the 16th century. They were made to order of wealthy and educated burgers, craft guilds or representatives of nobility, whose portraits, coat-of-arrms or guild signs were depicted on individual folios. The illuminations themselves thus represent a sampler of biblical iconography.

Klementinum, Main Hall (gate A)
Mon - Sat 9 am - 7 pm
Admission free in the NL Opening Hours (ATTENTION! On Friday, January 5 - 9:00-13:00, on Saturday, January 6 - closed)