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THE MESSENGERS OF MAGIC
AFRICAN MARIONETTES AND MASQUES

Puppet theatre as an integral part of African culture. While in Europe puppet theatre is viewed as an entertainment designed primarily for children, in Africa it is directed at adult audiences.

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VOJTA NÁPRSTEK
A LOCAL POLITICIAN

Marking the 180th anniversary of the birth of Vojta Náprstek, a famous Prague patron, philanthropist, patriot, the founder of a museum and politician, this display introduces visitors to his diverse activities as a member of the board of the aldermen of the town of Prague (1873-1894) and the town council (1881-1892).

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THE MEXICAN COINAGE

Selection of coins starting with Aztec primitive money and including colonial and imperial coins as well as coins of periods of Independence war and Revolution 1910-17

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SHORT HISTORY
of the African Collections
and African Exhibitions in the Náprstek Museum
by
Dr.J.Kandert

The early history of the Náprstek Museum's African collections is linked with three names, one of which is still today the Czech synonym for exploration, the other epitomises major discoveries as well as, ironically, almost total oblivion, and the third one gave the museum its name. Emil Holub (1847 - 1902) brought to the museum its very first African collections in 1879, following systematic fieldwork between 1872 and 1877, gathering material on the territories of today's Republic of South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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FRANTIŠEK ŘEHOŘ
and his Collection of Photographs from Halič

In 1999 we are marking the centenary of the death of a man whose name is today known to only a small group of scholars; and yet, in his own time, in the 19^th century, he was instrumental in familiarizing the Czech public at large with the life and culture of the Ukrainian population of eastern Galicia. His manifold activities earned him the repute of a moving spirit behind the development of Czecho-Ukrainian relations in the 1880s and ´90s.

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