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The legendary creator of the luminescence theater, designer, theater director, puppeteer and teacher František Tvrdek was born on January 26, 1920 in Prague. At the Nocturno Theater he staged interiors and costumes using...
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The popular luminescent puppet theater returns to the Museum of Puppetry in Chrudim. It's great fun with luminophores! Special colors containing the so-called luminophores allow puppets to glow beautifully under ultraviolet...
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Due to regular maintenance, the museum will be closed from 13th to 29th January 2020. We apologize and thank you for your understanding.
The end of the year is coming, so we would like to wish all our visitors and supporters pleasant and peaceful Christmas full of nice meetings with their loved ones and as much energy and optimism as possible in the following...
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In addition to many other events and exhibitions, next year we are preparing an exhibition of Czech puppetry in South Korea. The prestigious exhibition at the Seoul Historical Museum will be open on June 2, 2020. In addition...
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We are very happy, the museum was mentioned in an article by Tanya Mohn for the New York Times. The article named Global Shopping With UNESCO as Your Guide shows as UNESCO which designates historically important sites does...
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In order to evoke the right Christmas atmosphere, we´ve prepared a special Advent program for our visitors. As every year, they can look forward to St. Nicholas party in the museum, Christmas Angel of fulfilled wishes, puppet...
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On the occasion of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, we organize a festival of independent puppet theatre. Three leading alternative Czech puppet ensembles, the Forman Brothers Theater, Continuo...
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On 18 October 2019 we are opening a new exhibition Natrach Ditrach for the public. An interactive exhibition named after the magic spell draws visitors into the world of kinetic, sound and light objects created by KALD DAMU...
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The Chrudim Puppetry Museum is preparing an exhibition which will contribute to the celebration of the 90th anniversary of UNIMA (UNion Internationale de la MA...
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