COURAGE

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The National Library of Estonia was established as the State Library on 21 December 1918, according to a decision of the Provisional Goverment of Estonia. From the summer of 1919, the library received a legal deposit copy of all publications printed in Estonia. By the end of the 1930s, the collection of the National Library consisted of about 50,000 items.
During Soviet times, the State Library acted as a normal public library. In 1953, it was renamed after Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, the author of the Estonian national epic poem Kalevipoeg. By that time, it had about one million items. The library was renamed once again in 1988, when it acquired its present name the National Library of Estonia. It was appointed parliamentary library each year, to serve the information needs of the parliament and the goverment.
Today, the National Library is a legal entity by law, acting according to the National Library of Estonia Act, passed in 1998.

The National Library of Latvia, founded in 1919, is the biggest library in Latvia, covering mainly the social sciences and the humanities. Its collection consists of 4.5 million items. The library holds special collections of rare books, manuscripts, the Lettonica (Latvian) and Baltic Central Library collections, maps, sheet music, sound recordings, graphic publications, ephemera and periodicals. It is a centre for theoretical research into and practical analysis of the activities of Latvian libraries. It organises exhibitions, educational programmes, etc.  

The National Library was established in 1832 and is the oldest cultural institution in Serbia. During the bombing in the Second World War, the Library burned to the ground on 6 April 1941. The biggest part of its collections was destroyed. The reconstruction started after the war, and the new library building was built in 1972.

The Library holds more than a million books and edition series. It contains special collections, including the legacies of prominent individuals.

The National Museum is the largest museum in the Czech Republic. The beginnings of the National Museum were, as was the case elsewhere in Europe, connected with the donations of large private collections, especially collections of natural sciences, which were in the possession of aristocrats living in Bohemia. A group of Enlightenment nobles - in particular Earl Kašpar Maria Sternberg (1761-1838), a world-renowned scholar in the field of palaeontology - was also at the forefront of preparatory work for the foundation of the museum. On April 15, 1818, he signed a call for the founding of a museum, and with his support, it achieved confirmation from the Viennese government and sovereign in 1820. The Society of the Patriotic Museum in Bohemia was established as the owner and manager of the collections and as the organizer of all museum work. Its first chairman was Count Sternberg. The society remained the owner of the Museum until 1934, when the museum collections were taken over by the ownership and administration of the Czech Lands. In 1949, they were transferred to state ownership.

The National Museum is the central state museum with a collection, as well as scientific, educational and methodical functions. Its mission is to contribute to the development of the national identity, as well as the awareness of belonging to the broader European and global community and culture. It is a polythematical institute that encompasses a variety of disciplines and collections ranging from natural sciences to specialized fields of social sciences. It consists of five specialized institutes - the Museum of Natural History, the Historical Museum, the National Museum Library, the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures and the Museum of Czech Music.

The National Museum develops collections of material evidence of the development of nature, prehistory and history of Czech and foreign provenance. Collections are based on scientific knowledge and their own concepts of collecting activity. It manages a historical book library, a library of churches, an expert public library, and a specialized archive.