We are a small local museum, based on long-term glass tradition of our region. Nowadays The Museum cares about glass collection, creates various exhibitions, organizes lectures on historical and glass topics. The museum runs two departments. One is a glass exposition and other is a folklore department in a timbered old house. We would like to estabilish a centre of local Romani culture.

We would like to find a parter, that has very similar experiencies with ethnic group of Sami people in Norway. We would like to find someone, who would keep giving us advices how to estabilish local Romani culture centre in the town of Zelezny Brod.

The region of Zelezny Brod is a peripheral region. It is situated in North of the Czech Republic, near borders with Poland and Germany. There is a quite big ethnic group of Romani people inhabitiong this area even long time. We donť know anything about their lives, about their role in glass industry in old and recent times. We even don´´t have any single Romani object in our depository.

We would like to get them involved into cultural life in Zelezny Brod. So that´s why we would like to establish Romani culture Centre in our Museum. Our target is not primarily social, but cultural, however we assume, that social benefits will follow. The target is to give them space, opportunity. Our plan is to establish a permanent exhibition of local Romani culture. The region suffers from a lack of mutual tolerance and job opportunities. Subtle poverty in the region accents the mutual intolerance. We believe, that we can change it.

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