A lecture on puppets, theatres and puppetry companies combined with a guided tour of the exhibition Loutkárna in Alšovce. Artist Marie Jirásková and documentary film director Pavel Jirásek - today well-known collectors and researchers in the field of the history of Czech puppetry - began collecting in the mid-1980s. They have participated in a number of exhibitions of historical puppets in our country and abroad. They publish professional studies in magazines and books. They received prestigious awards for their publications Loutka a moderna, Umění loutky and Loutka mezi divadlom a filmem. The collection of historical puppets and decorations of traditional family and association puppet theatres, which they created and have been exhibiting for a long time, is one of the most comprehensive collections in the Czech Republic.