Roots and Fruits of European Science in Czech, Moravian, and Silesian Historical Library Collections

The research project NAKI “Roots and Fruits of European Science in Czech, Moravian, and Silesian Historical Library Collections” (DH23P03OVV058), led by a consortium of five institutions (NM, NPÚ, NK ČR, KNAV, MUO), aims to map the area of libraries of scientists and scholars preserved in historical library collections or documented on Czech territory from the Middle Ages to modern times, research the phenomenon of scientific literature in the libraries of “laypeople,” and present the results of this research through critical exhibitions, audiovisual documents, and publications. The project builds on previous projects focused on the history of libraries, changes in the reception of specific literary genres over time, the development of reading culture, and provenance records and marks in books.

Roots and Fruits of European Science in Czech, Moravian and Silesian Historical Library Collections

On Tuesday, March 7, the first working meeting of seven institutions (National Museum, National Library of the Czech Republic, National Heritage Institute, National Library of Technology, Moravian Museum, Moravian Library, and the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) collaborating on a new project “Roots and Fruits of European Science in Czech, Moravian, and Silesian Historical Library Collections” took place. The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic within the National and Cultural Identity grant program.

With Deepest Regards exhibition at Kozel Chateau

During the summer, the Kozel Chateau in the Plzeň region will open the exhibition With Deepest Regards, which was produced under the NAKI project “Virtual reconstruction of sets of books”. Here visitors will find handwritten dedications from poets Rainer Maria Rilke and Christian Morgenstern, writers Mark Twain and Ladislav Vančura, and the first Czech Prime Minister Karel Kramář. The exhibition is supplemented with published catalogue.

European Science in Czech Libraries