The paper introduces and analyses the preparation process of the new permanent exhibitions of the National Museum. The aspects included are the preparation management, the process of establishing definitions and the covered topics, the public procurement administration and finally the realization.…

Commemorative books are an essential part of exhibitions and long-term exhibitions in Czech museums. This article provides insight into the contents of books and to the information that this material can offer. A detailed analysis of ten selected pieces from the exhibitions of the National Museum…

Open-air museums have been a part of the European museology for about one and a half century and it has been an architectural object that has been the main and defining element of this type of museum since the beginning. However, the importance of the buildings varies not only with the specific…

The Department of Physical Education and Sports History of The National Museum administrates the oldest museum collection of exhibits and materials in the Czech Republic focusing on sports, physical education and olympism history not only in Czech lands, but also abroad. The crucial and considerable…

The paper presents the interdisciplinary survey of the phonographic cylinders collection of National Museum – Czech Museum of Music. The text was created for the New Phonograph: Listening to the History of Sound project. The paper focuses on the characterisation of long-term storage of the…

The archive maps the activities of the Jiří Wolker Theater from 1935 to 1996 and contains around 16,000 items and accompanying documentation. The form of arrangement is preserved both according to the original chronological order (according to the dates of the premieres of individual productions),…