Czech National Museum opens face mask exhibition
Introducing: the face mask exhibition
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
The Czech National Museum showcases
face coverings sent in by the public
many with personal stories behind them
(SOUNDBITE) (Czech) EXHIBITION CURATOR, MIRA BURIANOVA, SAYING:
"We tried to make a selection so that each mask has its own unique story which can tell the visitors what their fellow citizens were experiencing in the last weeks and months."
Masks became compulsory in the Czech Republic
and people began making their own at home
thanks to a national shortage
(SOUNDBITE) (Czech) VISITOR AND NURSE FROM BRNO, LUDMILA BRAZDOVA, SAYING:
"I work in healthcare and what caught my interest the most was that when we had nothing at all in the hospital, the whole nation rose up and sewed masks in a couple of days. People have to help each other."
Masks are now only required indoors
on public transport and in public buildings
like the museum