Pilsen in the light of public awareness

The accompanying exhibiton to the 37th Smetana´s Days will focus on the strong democratic and public awareness force in the Czech society in 19th and at the beginning of 20th century, which was also present in Pilsen and its surroundings. The public awereness was firstly focused on wakening of national feelings with the main interest in Czech language and freeing from the religious dogma, then the focus shifted to the promotion of sciences, which increased the public interest in history, arts and the progress in technology, agriculture and medicine and other fields of study. The extra-curricular education of adults was done by public lectures and articles in the media or by printing the public awareness brochures and magazines, funding the libraries or organising the cultural events. There also were a lot of comittees in the second half of the 19th century. The exhibition will be mostly about these activities.
The exhibition opening