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Welcome to Písek.

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We are now standing ouside the building of Sladovna,

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the largest gallery for children in the Czech Republic. 

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Inside, on 7 floors and 2,500 m2, you can find many 
exhibition projects.

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We usually welcome more than 60,000 children and their 
adults a year.

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I’m going to show you what is happening inside.

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This is the Anthill – a giant labyrinth of tunnels designed 
by the artist Vladimír Větrovský.

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At the beginning, there was a question: 

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How do we explain the children the life of ants?  

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The answer was: 
 for 90 minutes, we allow them to become one of them. 

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Welcome to High Beams, our largest room, where a big 
exhibition is installed once a year. 

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Currently, the Water exhibition is set up here, 

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created in collaboration with artists and visitors of 
Sladovna.

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Our Laboratory of Water, which we will visit next, was also 
essential to the process.

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The Laboratory is a place where people meet: artists and 
visitors, children and adults.  

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Together, they join the creative process.

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The Water exhibition was created in this Laboratory, 

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now we are working on a new project dedicated to Jan Amos 
Comenius.

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Similarly, during artistic residencies, the festival called 
Pískoviště is created here as well,

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which is then held in the streets of the town. 

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Everyone who comes into the Laboratory thus becomes an 
author.

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The Nest of Illustration is dedicated to children’s book 
illustration. 

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Children and their adults come to our Nest to discover 
books, illustrations, stories 

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and they can also create their own books in the atelier. 

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Let’s continue our tour!

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The Zachuchleno exhibition is a temporary project for the 
smallest children.

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It explores the question whether a computer game can be a 
work of art. 

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Zachuchleno was created in collaboration with Amanita 
design.

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Within this exhibition, children and their adults get into 
situations, where they must behave actively,

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make a decision, do something and according to their 
actions, the story unfolds.

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We believe that they will then continue using this pattern 
in their lives.

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Pilařiště is a place for the smallest children, even kids 
younger than 1 year are welcome here.

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This exhibition is inspired by Radek Pilař, Czech 
illustrator of children’s books born in Písek.

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Animárium – dive into the world of animation in our two 
studios! 

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You can create short films, experiment and discover the 
infinite possibilities of animation in Studio 1. 

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In the second studio, which is here, you can concentrate on 
the animation process itself. 

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Four fully equipped desks allow you to work long-term, meet 
the animators, colleagues and seek inspiration together.

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International and local partnerships and collaborations are 
essential for Sladovna. 

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For example, Animárium was created in collaboration with 
Children’s Museum ZOOM, 

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we are also the members of the Hands On! association which 
connects children’s museums and galleries all over Europe. 

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Lately, Sladovna has also collaborated with the Da'DeCe 
Association from Bucharest,

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MUBA from Milano or the Hamada Children’s Museum of Art in 
Japan.

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That was the Balzám Café, our meeting point where concerts 
and other events take place. 

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We are standing outside, I see the Otava river, the stone 
bridge

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and I would like to kindly invite you to Sladovna,

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because it’s better to experience it first-hand than to only
 watch the video.

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Sladovna is a proud member of: