Visit the Historical and the New Building of the National Museum,
where an exhibition project called the Velvet Revolution awaits you. The
connecting corridor between the two buildings will also be opened for the first
time!
On the occasion of the anniversary of the
Velvet Revolution, the National Museum has prepared a whole set of events, both
in Prague and abroad. In cooperation with Czech Centres and the Slovak National
Museum, we are presenting a travelling exhibition called The Velvet Revolution,
which will visit ten places altogether in Europe and oversees. Concurrently, a
complex exhibition project has been prepared in the Historical and New
Buildings of the National Museum, consisting of four thematic units.
The Velvet Revolution Exhibition
A unique exhibition complex dedicated to the
thirtieth anniversary of 1989 is opening in the Historical Building, the
Connecting Corridor and the New Building on 17. 11. 2019. There will be free
admission during the first week of the exhibition celebrating the November
anniversary.
The Velvet Revolution Exhibition: It is called Velvet
Historical Building of the National Museum
The revolution that changed the life of Czechoslovak people came
unexpectedly. As a radical turning point in history, it has
not ceased to resonate in our society. It has inspired many, while irritating
others. Yet we all relate to it in some way. Year after year the memory is
revived, and part of it disappears irrevocably with the departure of its actors.
Each year a new part
of the mosaic, which will likely never be completed for good, comes to
light. Despite this, we put it together
repeatedly, never to forget.
The exhibition prepared by the National Museum puts the Velvet
Revolution in a double context. It focuses on the events of the second half of
the 1980s which foreshadowed the crisis in society and politics. At the same
time, it shows how the communist state was unable to deal with basic issues
related to the environment, cultural development and the Church. In its final
part, it shows the dynamic development of the society and its transformation in
the first half year by the time of the 1990 election. The exhibition is based
on original objects, posters and recollections.
The Velvet Revolution Exhibition: Free for the
first time
New Building of the National Museum
The National Museum holds one of the largest
collections of posters relating to 1989–1990 in the Czech Republic. Although
the posters are a product of their time, they reflect topics that we are still
dealing with even today, such as pollution, the position of minorities and
becoming reconciled to the past.
The Velvet Revolution Exhibition: Back on the benches
New Building of the National Museum
The New Building of the National Museum has a special place in the
history of Czechoslovakia. At the time of the Velvet Revolution, it was a seat
of the Federal Assembly, which elected Václav Havel as President of
Czechoslovakia and passed hundreds of laws that led Czechoslovakia to
democracy. After long 40 years, Members of Parliament
elected in free elections sat on the benches of the Federal Assembly. The
exhibition will put the selected Members of Parliament back in the Federal
Assembly based on the information they entered in questionnaires after being
elected in June 1990............
https://www.nm.cz/en/we-prepared/exhibitions/the-velvet-revolution
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