The Eighth Wonder of the World
Glass, costume jewellery and jewellery from North Bohemia
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 were also created, and the Celts began to produce them in the territory of the Czech Republic. 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.
You can visit the travelling exhibition from 4 July to 31 August 2025 at the Vlastimil Rada Municipal Gallery in Železný Brod
During the exhibition there will be a guided tour with the creator and curator of the exhibition Petr Nový on Tuesday 5 August at 4 pm.
EXHIBITION ORGANIZER: Křišťálové údolí, Liberecký kraj, ARR – Agentura regionálního rozvoje
COLLABORATION: Muzeum skla a bižuterie Jablonec nad Nisou
EXHIBITION CURATOR, TEXTS: Petr Nový
PRODUCTION: Křišťálové údolí, Liberecký kraj, ARR – Agentura regionálního rozvoje: David Pastva, Gabriela Malinská
SCENOGRAPHY: LLEV / Eva Mochalová & Marcel Mochal
GRAPHIC DESIGN: _STROY studio
INSTALLATION AND REALIZATION: Eltro Šťastný s.r.o., HPL Service CZ s.r.o., Autoplachty Ryška, LLEV, Gabriela Malinská
PROOFREADING EN: Mike William