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 following is from the National Library of the Czech Republic, our hosts for the 2022 IAML Congress, and is published here with kind permission:
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
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 (in the NL Opening Hours)
Admission to the exhibition for the NL registered users and those with a one-day Admission Ticket in the NL Opening Hours
NL readers entrance free
Photos from the opening ceremony of the exhibit can be seen here.