What a brilliant bonnet!
Program
We warmly invite you to a guided tour at 5 pm with Ms Michaela Havelková from the Bohemian Paradise Museum in Turnov, who will tell us the story of the glass bead.
Folk costumes and glass? Although it may seem as though these are two completely different worlds, they have always been closely intertwined. Lightweight blown glass beads are an integral part of traditional headwear – girls’ headbands and wreaths, men’s hats and majestic wedding crowns. At the exhibition, you’ll discover the most ceremonial elements of folk costume, worn only on special occasions such as village festivals, religious celebrations or weddings. Hundreds of glass beads sparkle on all of them, across different regions – as well as Bohemia and Moravia, you’ll see parts of traditional costumes from Slovakia and Germany, as well as special glass beads from Kosovo and Ecuador. Traditional folk costumes have always reflected the wealth of the region in which they originated.
Will you be more taken with the simple folk costume from the Podještědí region, or one of the opulent Moravian ones? Come and have a look!
You can visit the exhibition at the Johann Gallery from 25 August to 31 October 2026.
The exhibition was organised in collaboration with the Crystal Valley project, the Bohemian Paradise Museum in Turnov, Ms Barbora Kulhavá and the Liebieg Palace.