Sladovna 
Gallery to play

Reprogramming and management of a large city gallery into a gallery through play – the largest and highest quality museum and gallery institution for children and families with children in the Czech Republic.

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Inspired by children's museums, Tereza Dobiášová (Krejčí) transformed the generous buildings of the former city malthouse with more than 4000 m2 of space into a gallery space over 6 years, where she invites children (and adults) in particular not only to admire the beauty, but especially to play, discover, create, learn without noticing that they are learning.

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Under Tereza's curatorship and management care, the malthouse has become a place that thousands of families and schools have learned to go to, a dynamic place where large interactive exhibitions are created, where young and renowned artists from the visual arts, as well as from the theater, literature and music worlds work, a place that is well-established on the European scene of museums for children.

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She often based her dramaturgically on children's books, often interpreting environmental themes
(or other socially important themes). She consistently worked with the requirement of the greatest possible degree of autonomy of the children's experience, experimented, searched for and invited quality authors enthusiastic about working with children to work. During her time at the Malthouse, 2 new permanent exhibitions were created, Mraveniště and Pilařiště, the concept of permanent creative studios and the concept of large interactive exhibitions.

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Thanks to the generous support of the city of Písek and especially the tireless work of all those who continue the project, the Malthouse operates on the principles of a play gallery and continues to develop.