What can you expect?
Exhibits inspired by Baroque reliquaries that you may know from church interiors.
Precise handmade craftsmanship – thousands of cut glass stones, fine wires, brocade, velvet, plaster, and hundreds of kilometres of metallic threads.
Realistic skeletal remains – patinated plaster replicas or anatomically accurate plastic casts.
Accompanying panels revealing details that are not visible to the naked eye.
Demonstrations of the production of exhibits and decorative components.
Interactive tour
The exhibition is accessible without a guide. For a deeper experience, you can scan a QR code on your mobile phone and choose an audio guide or a written guide to the exhibition.
Fun for young explorers
For children, an interactive game is prepared in which they can complete tasks and solve puzzles. For correct answers, a reward is available for download! The game is accessible only after scanning a QR code on your mobile phone.
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Come and uncover the secrets of the Cult of Saints’ Bodies!
Only during guided tours with the author on selected dates will a documentary be screened with commentary by actor and heritage enthusiast Jaroslav Plesl, which will draw you into the atmosphere of the exhibition and, in the very introduction, present the Baroque phenomenon of the veneration of relics of the catacomb saints and the production of reliquaries.
