They’ll additionally view over 200 distinctive historic paperwork displayed on this event from the Nationwide Library’s collections, 4 digital tales and a Czech Nationwide Library puzzle occasion for inventive souls. The digital expertise on Google Arts & Tradition additionally consists of the exploration of serious historic manuscripts which might be normally not obtainable to the general public, such because the Vyšehrad Codex — one of the crucial precious manuscripts preserved within the Czech Republic — and digitized treasures like Caspar Pflieger’s Star Globe and Sebastian Münster’s Map of the New World.
Working with Google is nothing new for us. Almost 200,000 outdated prints have already been digitized by Google in earlier years. I’m delighted that by working with Google Arts & Tradition we will breathe new life into the Library’s collections and make them obtainable to most people around the globe in a shocking digital presentation.
The magical Baroque Library reveals itself
The Baroque Library contained in the Clementinum is an distinctive area with a novel genius loci that preserves the legacy of Jesuit tradition to this present day. The Nationwide Library holds almost eight million volumes in its collections: Some are nationwide cultural monuments, whereas others are registered within the UNESCO Reminiscence of the World programme, thus belonging to the World Cultural Heritage.
But once more fashionable imaging strategies and digital excursions brilliantly showcase the dwelling legacy of the Nationwide Library’s wealthy and memorable collections. This new partnership not solely provides individuals an opportunity to find partaking tales and displays, nevertheless it hopefully evokes them to additional discover the secrets and techniques and tales that Clementinum retains in its historic books.
The Nationwide Library’s treasures on Google Arts & Tradition can be found on the net and within the app (iOS/Android), in each English and Czech languages.
