Václav Havel Library

The Václav Havel Library aims to:

• Assemble the complete works of Václav Havel and everything related to his public activities
• Make these materials accessible to the public
• Create a permanent exhibition about the life and work of Václav Havel and his efforts in the struggle for freedom and democracy
• Support and organize archiving, research, educational and publishing activities together with public discussion and debates

Further information

• Who are we? – Establishment and Mission
  • Founders
  • Board of Trustees
  • Friends of the Václav Havel Library
• Tým knihovny

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Speech in Czech Parliament

„After all our identity does not consist of our talking about it and constantly shouting over the place that “we are Czechs, we’re the best”, but of our being capable of saying something original to others, of creating something that can attract others but is unlikely to originate elsewhere.“

Václav Havel:
Speech in Czech Parliament
March 12, 1996