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Lobkowicz Collections o.p.s.

Since 1994, Lobkowicz Collections o.p.s. (originally the Roudnice Lobkowicz Foundation), a non-profit organization registered in the Czech Republic, has been working to preserve, protect and share with the public the magnificent works of art, music and literature returned to the Lobkowicz family in restitution after the Velvet Revolution of 1989. The organization oversees the management, conservation and restoration of The Collections and provides the curatorial, administrative and outreach assistance necessary to make these treasures accessible to the general public and to scholars worldwide.

Our main areas of activity are:

  • overseeing the care, conservation and installation of the objects in The Collections
  • creating and implementing education programs for students of all ages
  • encouraging and facilitating scholarly research around The Collections
  • organizing loans to other cultural institutions
  • providing curatorial assistance in creating dynamic exhibitions for public enjoyment

Through bold vision, careful planning and great determination, Lobkowicz Collections o.p.s. has overseen the installation of The Collections at Lobkowicz Palace (Prague) and Nelahozeves Castle (Nelahozeves), whose permanent collections consisting of thousands of cultural and historic objects are visited annually by tens of thousands of people from around the world.

The resounding success of the organization's projects to date would not have been possible without the generous contributions of many individual and corporate donors. To learn how you can support Lobkowicz Collections, o.p.s. as it continues to develop projects for the future, please click here.  

*o.p.s. (obecně prospěšná společnost) is a designation for a nonprofit organization in the Czech Republic.


Events

Small Exhibition of Books at Lobkowicz Palace to Highlight Baroque Architecture

29.11.2012 – 30.05.2013

Architecture in the Work of Peter Paul Rubens and Václav Hollar, the new book exhibition at Lobkowicz Palace, will open on 30 November and will introduce two attractive books focusing on architecture as presented by the most distinguished Baroque artists.

Exhibited will be a first edition (1622) of the work entitled Pallazi di Genova, published in Antwerp by the prominent Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640). The book presents detailed engravings of facades, cross sections and plans of Renaissance palaces and villas from Genoa, Italy. The second exhibited book, Castella et praetoria nobilium Brabantiae, was published by the historiographer Jacques le Roy (1633–1719). Also a first edition, it was published in Antwerp in 1694. The work is composed of more than 200 engravings and etchings.

Architecture in the Work of Peter Paul Rubens and Václav Hollar will run through 30 May 2013.

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