The World as Open Book

The exhibition presents the rich and diverse collection of the Museum of Literature, complemented by original audio-visual material. The concept follows no specific narrative line, highlighting instead the openness and variability of the relationships, interactions, and transferences that occur in literature. The separately designed individual spaces of the exhibition folow the floor plan of the building; in the prosody of small and large rooms, broader topics are alternated with monographically focused presentations of a single author or literary work. Rotating exhibits and thematic changes during the exhibition run are a reminder of impermanence, which is at the core of the concept. The biblical message about the world being created by words has resonated in literature since the very beginning. It is also through language that writers create a world that is transformed through reading, both by the workings of individual imagination, and with each new generation. In its unique way, the act of reading – which the exhibition invites you to do – makes the world present and opens it up. At the same time, it inspires visitors to seek a deeper knowledge of themselves and a better understanding of other people.