Exhibition VLTAVA Famed & Flowing
The exhibition VLTAVA Famed & Flowing is the main activity of the project of the same name, which is organised by the National Heritage Institute together with other partners in 2025 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the first performance of Bedřich Smetana's symphonic poem Vltava. The exhibition will be available for viewing from September 5, 2025, to January 4, 2026 at the Prague Castle Riding School.
The basic idea of the exhibition works with three intertwining motifs:
- a reference to the original name of the river Wild Ahwa – wild/fierce/untamed water
- energy and the flow of the river, which manifest in various ways real, imaginary and symbolically
- the heart of the river/Vltava existing realistically, imaginatively and symbolically
„The word Vltava conjures up a flood of images, pictures and impressions. It recalls poems and resounds with music. It is the main river of Bohemia, it is their artery and flows through their heart, Prague. What would Bohemia be without the Vltava?“
Quote by František Kožík from the book Vltava from 1959
The exhibition is inspired by a quote by František Kožík and seeks to visualize the "flood of ideas, images and impressions" that the river evokes. In the exhibition scenario, this "flood" is directed into specific thematic units, but their boundaries are not completely fixed and intertwine.
Thematic units of the exhibition:
- The heart of the wild river
- The formation of the river
- Places on the river
- Personalities of the river
- Energy of the river
- Transport on the river (timber rafting, river transport)
- Transport and technical works on the river
- Life by the river
- Inspired by the river
- Vltava fairy tales, myths and legends
- The Vltava Treasure – gold, pearls, and gemstones
- Vltava emblematic
The exhibition is organized by the National Heritage Institute and the Administration of Prague Castle.
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