Prague City Museum (Muzeum Hlavního Mesta Prahy)

Prague City Museum (Muzeum Hlavního Mesta Prahy) (18)

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Not many visitors stop by at the Prague City Museum, but those who do so do not leave disappointed.

The museum belongs to the City Council and is inside a building dating from the late-19th century designed by Antonín Wiehl and Antonín Balsánek. It is in neo-Renaissance style and its façade is filled with stucco work and sculptures. The inside is decorated with murals representing the history of the city.

The permanent exhibition contains as many as 500,000 documents about the history of the city, from prehistoric times to the present day. Among the items on exhibit, there is furniture, porcelain and objects from the old medieval trade guilds of Prague.

The jewel of the Prague City Museum is undoubtedly a 1:500 scale model of the city. It was built between 1826 and 1834 by Antonín Langweil in cardboard, paper, wood and ivory. It takes up 20 square metres and from it we can see what the Jewish Quarter or Wenceslas Square were like in the 19th century.

If you have some spare time, it is well worth having a good look at this piece, a veritable curiosity. And if you are not sure of how accurate the model is, you can compare it with an old map on exhibition in the same room.

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History of the City of Prague (1)

ESSENTIAL

Basilica and convent of Saint George (Bazilika a Kláster Sv. Jirí) (33)

Church of St. Nicholas (Sv. Mikulas) (11)

Monastery of Strahov (Strahovsky Klaster) (26)

Rudolfinum (15)

Town Old Building of the Old Town (Staromestská Radnice) (9)

Cathedral of Saint Vitus (Katedrála Sv. Víta) (31)

Golz-Kinsky Palace (Palác Kinskych) (4)

National Gallery, Sternberg Palace (Národní Galerie - Sternbersky Palác) (29)

Saint Nicholas of Malá Strana (Sv. Mikulás) (40)

Vysehrad (58)

Charles Bridge (Karlûv Most) (2)

Karolinum (13)

Our Lady of the Snows (Panna Marie Snezná) (52)

The Astronomical Watch (10)

Church of Our Lady Before Tyn (Panna Maria Pred Tynem) (5)

Klementinum (3)

Our Lady of Victoria (Panna Maria Vítezná) (39)

The Powder Tower (Prasna Brana) (7A)

INTERESTING

Celetná Street (7)

Church of Saint Thomas (Sv. Tomás) (44)

Jan Hus, Bethlehem Chapel (Betlemska Kaple) (6)

Lobkowicz-Schwarzenberg Palace (Lobkovicky Palác) (36)

National Theatre (Národní Divadlo) (48)

Our Lady of Loreto (Loreta) (28)

Royal Way. Nerudova. (37)

State Opera (Státní Opera) (57)

Cernín Palace (Cernínsky Palác) (27)

Convent of Saint Agnes of Bohemia (Kláster Sv. Anezky) (16)

Jewish Quarter of Prague. The Golem. (21)

Masaryk Quay (Masarykovo Nábrezí) (51)

Old Jewish Cemetery (Stary Zidovsky Hrbitov) (24)

Petrin Hill (Petrínské Sady) (42)

Saint John Nepomucene (Sv. Jan Nepomucky na Skalce) (46)

Vtrba Garden (Vrtbovská Zahrada) (38)

Charles IV Square (Karlovo Námesti) (49)

Cubist Houses (Kubistické Domy) (59)

Kampa Island (41)

Municipal House (Obecní Dum) (12)

Old Town Square (8)

Royal Garden (Kralovská Zahrada) (35)

Slav Island and the Mánes Gallery (Slovansky Ostrov) (50)

Wallenstein Palace (Valdstejnsky Palác) (43)

Church of Saint James (Sv. Jakub) (19)

Golden Lane (Zlatá Ulicka) (32)

Letná Park (Letenské Sady) (17)

National Avenue (Narodni) (54)

Old-New Synagogue (Staronová Synagóga) (25)

Royal Palace (Stary Kralovsky Palác) (34)

Slavic Monastery of Emmaus (Kláster Na Slovanech -Emauzy-) (45)

Wenceslas Square (Václavské Námeí) (47)

MUSEUM

Castle Gallery (Obrázarna Prazskeho Hradu) (30)

Museum of Dvorák (Muzeum Antonína Dvoráka) (53)

Prague City Museum (Muzeum Hlavního Mesta Prahy) (18)

Centre of Modern and Contemporary Art (Sbirka Moderního a Soucasneho Umení) (20)

National Jewish Museum, Maisel and Pinkas Synagogues (23)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart Museum. (60)

Mucha Museum (Muchovo Muzeum) (56)

National Jewish Museum, Spanish and Klausen Synagogues (22)

Museum of Decorative Art (Umleckoprmyslové Muzeum) (14)

National Museum (Národní Muzeum) (55)