A cross-section of the work of artists from the Liberec Region and its surroundings will be supplemented by interesting textual information. The author of the exhibition concept is Petr Nový, the chief curator of the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou.

Human imagination, creativity, skill and courage are the qualities that gave rise to the seven wonders of the world in ancient times. The first glass ornaments, whose production was started by the Celts in the territory of the present-day Czech Republic, also appeared. They were thus at the beginning of the eighth wonder of the world, which today is a unique concentration of glassmakers and jewellers in the north of Bohemia, in the Crystal Valley. Glassworks, studios, schools and skilled people have all been in the Liberec region for hundreds of years.

The exhibition presents the Crystal Valley as the ever-living, vibrant glass heart of the Czech Republic. In addition to handmade glass production, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2023, automatic production and technological innovations, without which contemporary glassmaking is unimaginable, also play an irreplaceable role. 

On Tuesday 5 August at 4 pm, a guided tour with the author of the exhibition Petr Nový will take place (admission: 20 CZK/seniors, students and 40 CZK/adults).