Celebrating the work of an extraordinary artist Posted
May 29, 2010
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The Biennes Center of the Literary Arts Vojtech Kubasta (1914-1992) Exhibition. Kubasta's daughter Dagmar Kubastóva Vrkljan, her husband Nick, their daughter Brenda and Ellen G. K. Rubin, aka as the Pop-up Lady, join Biennes Center Librarian James Findlay in celebrating the work of this extraordinary artist.
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Home to Jáchym Metelka's (1853-1940) mechanical wonder Posted
May 26, 2010
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It took Jáchym Metelka (1853-1940) — who founded the Krkonošské Museum in 1891 — 30 years to create his Metelka Mechanical Crib. It reaches to the ceiling and comes to life when set in motion…
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The Art of the Crèche: The Collection of James and Emilia Govan Posted
May 23, 2010
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Today, Jim Govan has added Museum Guide to his titles of collector/author/crèche missionary/Past President of the Friends of the Crèche. But he's not just showing you the exhibition, he's also facing your camera, so he can share his exhibition with crèche enthusiasts…
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The Brothers Skrabálek Mechanical Crib features lots of dancers Posted
May 26, 2010
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Life was hard for peasnts — there's a moving photo of two women and and a boy pulling a plow in the museum — so who could blame if the Skrabálek brothers dreamed of dancing? You should see all those couples swirling in their mechanical crib…
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An antique shop full of cribs, clocks, and crockery Posted
May 26, 2010
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It's not just in every antique shop that you find museum-quality cribs. But the white-washed exterior of Starozitnosti gives no hint of the wonderful wonders to be found inside: lamps, ornate furniture, clocks and cribs…
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The Czech village of Vysoké Nad Jiserou is famous for its bakery — delicious walnut bread — and its museum — Jan Metelka's mechanical nativity.
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In South Bohemia, Svatava Vizinová welcomes crèche enthusiasts to her Zábrdské Betlémy Paper Nativity Museum, filled to the rafters with nativity dioramas, nativity sheets, and hand-painted podmalba glass pictures…
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