Monuments and Society in the Czech Lands Between 1900 and 1960

A five-year consortium project supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic:

Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i. (main coordinator), Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., and the National Gallery in Prague.

NAKI III Program – a program supporting applied research in the field of national and cultural identity for the years 2023 to 2030.

• Code: DH23P03OVV062;
• Project Duration: 2023⁠–⁠2027

Project Information

• https://www.udu.cas.cz/cz/projekty-a-granty/pamatky-a-spolecnost-v-ceskych-zemich-mezi-lety-1900-a-1960
• https://www.pamatky.udu.cas.cz/

Database of Historical Correspondence

The continuously expanding database provides digital access to period private correspondence of prominent figures associated with heritage conservation. At the center of this network of mutual contacts is the art historian Zdeněk Wirth, whose extraordinarily active approach played a key role in the organization and popularization of Czech heritage conservation throughout the first half of the 20th century. The preserved extensive collection of his correspondence, supplemented by letters stored in other memory institutions, provides insight into the methods of communication and thinking of individual heritage protectors.

Correspondence Catalogue: https://historicka-korespondence.cz/en/projects/monuments-and-society-in-the-czech-lands-between-1900-and-1960/correspondence-catalogue/