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Thank you to the National Museum for providing the trademark for this year and for creating the Prague Museum Night concept!

"When God Wasn't Looking..." is the title of an exhibition of black-and-white photographs from a land that no longer exists. Three members of the 400ASA association—Karel Cudlín, Antonín Kratochvíl, and Jan Mihaliček—photographed Nagorno-Karabakh at the end of the last millennium. Each at a different time, in a different place, under different circumstances, and each through their own unique lens. The photographs thus depict war, refugees, but also the country’s postwar reconstruction during rare moments of peace. As a whole, the exhibition speaks to the senselessness of war and, above all, to the greatest victim of every armed conflict—the ordinary person.

Leica Gallery Prague

LEICA GALLERY PRAGUE

When God wasn't looking...

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Back in Time Prague is a modern interactive exhibition that combines history with the latest technology, offering visitors a unique way to explore Prague’s history. Over the course of about 50 minutes, you’ll journey through 1,200 years of history—from its legendary beginnings to modern events—via eight themed scenes. You’ll experience a 5D cinema with special effects, realistic holograms of historical figures, an animatronic Golem, and an impressive audiovisual show. Back in Time isn’t a traditional museum, but an immersive experience that draws you into the story and presents history in a way you’ve never experienced before. Back in Time is open to children ages 6 and up. 

We recommend booking in advance.

Back in Time

The exhibition “Prague in Detail: The Anatomy of Prague Architecture” draws you into the hidden layers of the city—from delicate ornamentation to unexpected connections. In his works, Tomáš Rygl reveals the fascinating structure of Prague’s architecture and invites you to take a closer look at the details we usually overlook.

Prague Up Close

Monastery of the Minorites of St. James

Do you understand the speech of your grandparents, friends, or acquaintances from other parts of the country when they speak in dialect? And do they understand you? – ask the curators of the exhibition “Critically Endangered Phenomena of Our Dialects.” The exhibition offers visitors dialect maps, authentic audio recordings from various periods, and interactive elements that show how language has changed over the decades.

One of the elements is an audio map featuring both archival and more recent recordings that document the dynamics of dialect development over the past fifty years.
The exhibition showcases the richness and diversity of dialects, highlights their gradual decline, and presents research findings. 

As part of the exhibition, you can participate in dialect mapping research conducted by the Dialectology Department of the Institute of the Czech Language of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno.

The Science and Art Gallery in the building of the Czech Academy of Sciences at Národní 3 cordially invites you to the interactive exhibition Critically Endangered Phenomena of Our Dialects.

Critically endangered features of our dialects

Gallery of Science and Art

A guided tour of the exhibition “It must be the weather” will take place at 6 p.m. with artist Gabriela Slaninková in attendance. In her paintings, the artist reflects on the transience of moods and mental states, which come and go as imperceptibly as changes in the weather. The exhibition is curated by Radek Wohlmuth.

It must be the weather

PLATFORMA 15 - Contemporary Art Space

The exhibition presents a collection of the artist’s works, which are being shown in the Czech Republic for the first time. Through a range of multimedia expressions—from painting to watercolor, objects, installations, videos, and assemblages—Pešta, with his characteristic urgency, asks, among other things, WHO actually runs this world. We do not study history so that we are doomed to repeat it, but because we may be able to learn from it how to free ourselves from the ever-repeating stereotype.

WHO? WHY? - Daniel Pešta

Museum Montanelli

In a landscape of shifting freedoms, the fictional agency OKKULTEK emerges from the shadows and opens its doors to new recruits. The exhibition presents a para-ritual environment where obsessions from the past meet expectations of future invocations.

Curators: Tereza Havelková and Kateřina Pencová 

Borsos Lőrinc: The Spectre in the Wedge - Galerie Kostka

MeetFactory

The labyrinth serves as a metaphor for human thought and life’s journey. It symbolizes wandering, courage, and transformation, but also responsibility for our actions and words. Step inside and reflect: what happens when fear—of the unknown, of differences, of misunderstanding—begins to dictate our decisions instead of reason?

 Labyrinth: A Landscape of Inner Wandering

GHMP Troja Château

Between 2013 and 2025, the Prague City Gallery acquired 2,366 works of art. In the previous comparable period, the number was just 375. This expansion of the collection makes it possible not only to follow the work of established artists but also to capture developments in the emerging art scene.

The exhibition presents a selection of acquisitions made by Prague City Gallery over a period during which the institution has been led by its director, Magdalena Juříková, who also curated this exhibition and is retiring from her post this year.

Expanding Our Collection: Acquisitions 2013–2025

GHMP Municipal Library of Prague

As part of the 19th Prague Museum Night, the Smečka Gallery will host the “Experience Collage” workshop, where visitors can step into the world of collage:

1. Individual Collage
- Create your own collage and take your artwork home with you
- Learn about various collage techniques

2. Collective collage
- Join in on a collective collage and become a co-creator of a collaborative piece, which we will subsequently exhibit at the Smečky Gallery

3. Everything That Is Waste
- Artworks can also be created by recycling materials we consider waste. Together, we will create such a work from various interesting objects, 
and thus attempt to emulate Trinkewitz’s assemblage *Alles, was der Fall ist*

4. Kolář’s Poetry
- Relax and let yourself be inspired by the poetry of Jiří Kolář, one of the most significant Czech collage artists


Experience a collage 

Smečky Gallery

Where: The Workshop

When: 7:00 PM–10:30 PM

Do you enjoy board games? Bring your family or friends and come play board games you definitely don’t have at home. The library has hundreds of them! Come try out new games; an experienced instructor will be on hand to help you choose and offer tips.

Board Games

Municipal Library of Prague

Try your hand at working with fabric and create your own accessory inspired by traditional techniques and contemporary design.

TEXTILE FLOWER

College of Textile Crafts and Secondary School of Textile Arts

The Petřín Lookout Tower offers stunning views even at night and is one of the highest points (perhaps the highest) of Museum Night. This year also marks the 135th anniversary of the Petřín Lookout Tower and the Mirror Maze, two landmarks that are an integral part of Prague. Head up to Petřín Hill even during the cable car closure with a lovely walk directly from Újezd or Strahov.

Petřín Lookout Tower

Petřín Tower

Where: Záliv (non-fiction section) 

When: 9:45 PM

Test your knowledge of Prague in our quiz. This time, the questions will cover history, landmarks, legends, and Prague’s secrets. You can come to the library with your own team or form one on the spot. Once again, you’ll be competing for prizes.

Quiz on Mysterious Places and Stories

The creative team at Okolo is presenting its sixth exhibition series at the Winternitz Villa.

Curator and architectural historian Adam Štěch builds on his previous exhibition on interwar Japanese architecture and continues to tell the story of the development of modern architecture in Japan during the postwar period. His own photographic research maps the diverse trends of Japanese architectural culture, juxtaposing iconic projects by Kenzo Tange, Kishō Kurokawa, and Kazuo Shinohara with lesser-known and often highly unorthodox examples of Japanese modern architecture. The exhibition also features examples of period furniture and product design.

20th-century Japanese architecture is a fascinating evolution of experiments and adaptations to dramatic changes in society, industry, and modern lifestyles. In the 1950s and 1960s, Japan fully opened itself to the rest of the world, and architecture became one of the main attributes of this new technologically advanced nation.

European modernist influences were transformed by a young generation of architects into a distinctive urban language for densely populated cities. Modernism, Brutalism, and later the specifically Japanese style of Metabolism gave rise to bold new projects that transformed traditional Japan into one of the most modern societies in the world.

Concept, text, and photography: ADAM ŠTĚCH
Graphic design and installation: MATĚJ ČINČERA AND JAN KLOSS
Production: KRISTINA CYSAŘOVÁ


Adam Štěch - Laboratory of Styles: Postwar Architecture in Japan, 1945–1982

Villa Winternitz by Adolf Loos

Where: Non-fiction section

When: 7:00–10:30 p.m.

Try virtual reality at the library! A station full of simple and fun apps awaits you—enjoyable for both children and adults—with no prior experience required. Just come and immerse yourself in a world of pure 3D entertainment.

VR pause

Where: Children’s and Youth Department

When: 7:00–10:00 p.m.

During the evening, the Children’s Department of the ÚK MKP will transform into a place filled with little ghosts and spirits of all kinds. A playful scavenger hunt has been prepared to guide children through the world of mysterious creatures and lead them on the trail of tiny and mischievous ghosts. Our youngest visitors can join an art workshop and create their own ghost or little monster.

What are you doing here?

During Museum Night, you’ll have a unique opportunity to take a look inside the school’s studios, where students and teachers will present:
• Textile Conservation and Restoration Studio 
• Fashion Design Studio 
• Interior Design Studio 
• New Media Studio 
• Textile Design Studio

Behind the doors of the studios – where ideas come to life

Where: Clubhouse

When: 7:00 PM–11:00 PM

During World War II, the MKP was required by decree to remove and destroy thousands of books by “undesirable” authors or on undesirable topics. Our librarians showed great courage—they did not destroy the books, but instead walled them up in the building’s basement. This is how they have been preserved to this day, and you can come see the most interesting ones here. At the exhibition, you’ll find, for example, Masaryk’s writings, literature about the legionnaires, books published by our Sokol members, as well as titles dealing with Freemasons or writers of Jewish origin. These are often unique items that you won’t find anywhere else.

Unique items you won't find anywhere else – a book exhibition

Where: Theater and Film Department

When: 8:00–9:10 p.m.

The Forest / UK 2024 / Director: Jamie Lochhead / 70 min. / in collaboration with Academia Film Olomouc / introductory remarks

In collaboration with Academia Film Olomouc, we will screen the documentary film The Forest, which introduces viewers to the mysterious world hidden in the soil of forest ecosystems and the life within it. The screening will include introductory remarks.

Screening of the film *Les*

One of the most popular spots for both children and adults. From the outside, the building near the observation tower looks like a small castle, but inside it’s not a labyrinth of secret stone corridors—it’s a maze of mirrors. First, you’ll wander through a three-dimensional depiction of the battle between the people of Prague and the Swedes on Charles Bridge in 1648, and then, in the Hall of Laughter, your reflection in the convex and distorted mirrors will transform you into dwarves, hunchbacks, or tall, lanky figures.

The Mirror Maze at Petřín

Petřín Mirror Maze

The Technical and Documentation Museum of Prague’s Energy Sector traces the rich history of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution from the early 20th century to the present day.
Visitors will find extra-high, high, and low-voltage equipment, measuring instruments, work and safety gear, as well as documents chronicling the history of Prague’s electrification.  Among the exhibits are some real gems, such as a coin-operated electricity meter from 1938, a case containing an Ozonit medical device, a handwritten physics textbook, as well as state-of-the-art digital electricity meters and samples of 22 kV and 1 kV fiber-optic cables.

Open: 7:00 PM to midnight

Admission: free 

Address: entrance from Vrbenského Street, Prague 7, just 200 m from the Nádraží Holešovice metro station (Line C)

Technical and Documentation Museum of Prague's Energy Sector

Museum of Prague Energy

The exhibition *The Battle Between YES and NO* is the first major exhibition in the Czech Republic dedicated to William Kentridge, one of the most significant contemporary artists. Kentridge grew up in Johannesburg during the apartheid era, in a family deeply committed to the ideals of social justice. Even as a student, he became involved in anti-apartheid activist movements. These experiences shaped his artistic practice, which reflects the social and historical tensions of South Africa while also addressing universal themes of human existence. 

Last admission is at 11:30 PM.

The Battle Between YES and NO

Kunsthalle Praha

The exhibition traces the course of study and the gradual mastery of conservation techniques, working with materials, and approaches to historical textiles—from the first year through to the graduation projects.

THREADS OF MEMORY AND TIME

Where: Library vestibule

When: 7:00 PM–10:30 PM

Do you have books you’ve already read and would like to pass on to other readers? Bring them along, and you’re sure to find something you like among the donated books.

Book swap

Where: Music Department

When: 7:00 PM–10:30 PM

Try an extraordinary virtual reality experience and explore a digital library full of interactive elements that you can discover and control yourself. Visitors can try out various activities and features of the VR library environment. No prior VR experience is necessary; the setup is simple, and we’ll explain everything to you on-site. Reservations for the VR experience are made on-site on the day of the event.

A Different Kind of Library: A Virtual Tour

Where: Kreativní centrUM

When: 8:00–10:00 p.m.

Come create a unique embossed frame from metal foil that will transform an ordinary mirror into a small work of art. The technique of embossing metal foil is fascinating in its simplicity and produces immediate, striking results. Give your reflection a new dimension and take home a piece that will brighten up your interior. Small mirrors and metal foil will be provided—a materials fee of 50 CZK applies.

Reflections of the Pulse

Starting at 7:30 p.m., you are invited to attend the public dress rehearsal of the Hlahol Singing Society, featuring the Projektchor der Löhe-Schule Nürnberg choir, the Art’n orchestra, and soloists, under the direction of artistic director Roman Z. Novák. The program will include works by A. Vivaldi and J. S. Bach.

Tour of the Hlahol Museum and Concert Hall

The Hlahol Singing Society in Prague

In the gallery, visitors will learn about the history and present state of radio broadcasting and view a wide variety of equipment—radio receivers, tape recorders, various recording devices, and a number of artifacts from our history. Original recordings from 1945 and 1968 will be played on historic radio receivers.
The exhibition will also feature paintings and prints by the academic painter Martin Velíšek, winner of the Vladimír Boudník Award.

It will be open from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. 

We look forward to welcoming all visitors.

Vinohradská 12 gallery

Vinohradská 12 Gallery

Old Town Hall

Story of Prague

What is the textile restoration program like, and what does the work of a restorer entail?
This lecture will provide an overview of the program and specific techniques using examples of student work.

7:30–8:00 p.m. and 10:00–10:30 p.m.

TEXTILE RESTORATION – THEORY AND PRACTICE

Where: Central Hall

When: 7:30 PM and every half hour thereafter

The Light Dance Studio, led by choreographer Lenka Tretiagová, is a unique ensemble that blends contemporary dance with physical theater and literature. Their performances are full of playfulness, emotion, and poetry that can bring even unconventional spaces to life. You can look forward to movement-based scenes and dance performances that will draw you into the world behind the mirror. These are short dance performances repeated every half hour, during which the dancers stroll through the library, creating unique performances.

The Dancing Library

Chlupáč Museum of Earth History

Where: Záliv (non-fiction section) 

When: 8:15 PM

Come test your knowledge in a trivia quiz. Teams of five will compete, and questions will cover a variety of topics. The winning team will receive book prizes and small gifts from our sponsors.

Trivia Night

The Best of the “Sports” Category in the Czech Press Photo 2021–2024 Competition

The Sports category has long been one of the most competitive in the Czech Press Photo competition. This is no coincidence: the Czech Republic is home to an exceptionally talented generation of sports photographers who combine quick reflexes with a keen sense of composition, emotion, and storytelling. They don’t just follow results and records, but also behind-the-scenes moments, the tension before the start, battles pushed to the limit, and the fragile moments after the finish or landing.

Director of Czech Photo: Veronika Souralová
Exhibition Curator: Dan Materna

A split second

Fragment Gallery

Kids will love the “Oatmeal à la Míša Cake” cooking workshop, where they’ll make their own oatmeal with cottage cheese, chocolate, and raspberries. The workshop will be held at several different times and is open to children ages 5 and up.

Cooking Workshop for Kids

National Museum of Agriculture

The program "Secrets of the Universe" will be shown at 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. 

All visitors will pay only the children's admission price

Screening of the program "Secrets of the Universe"

Dablice observatory

The exhibition focuses on the fates of children and adolescents during one of the most tragic periods in Czech history—the era of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The broader timeframe of 1939–1947 allows the exhibition to cover not only the period of Nazi occupation but also the years immediately following the end of the war.

Although the end of hostilities in May 1945 marked the cessation of military operations and the dissolution of the Protectorate, for many children it did not signify the end of suffering. On the contrary, many of them had to come to terms with trauma, the loss of loved ones, or changed social conditions only after the war. The aim of the exhibition is to illustrate the complexity of the situation at the time and to show how profoundly history influenced the lives of ordinary people.
The exhibition reveals how the totalitarian regime sought, through ideology, education, and propaganda, to re-educate or physically eliminate selected social groups. The emphasis is primarily on the persecution of children and the disruption of their daily lives, whether through the interruption of their education, the propaganda pressure to which they were subjected, or the Holocaust itself and internment in Nazi camps.

At the same time, however, the exhibition also addresses postwar aid to children. The exhibition explores these experiences through three archetypal characters—a Czech, a Jewish, and a German child. Each offers visitors their own perspective on the events of the time and a distinct experience of the war and its consequences.

The exhibition is complemented by interactive elements that allow visitors to better understand the era and, by completing various tasks, to experience certain situations from the perspective of children at that time. Visitors can also look forward to authentic objects from the Protectorate and postwar periods—toys, books, textbooks, clothing, medical equipment, and items from UNRRA.

Childhood Under the Swastika

The National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J. A. Comenius

At the Jelení Gallery, you can see the exhibition *Before the Earth Sinks In*, created through a collaboration between Apolena Typltová and Radka Čejdíková, students in the Photography II studio at Prague’s UMPRUM. While Apolena Typltová focuses on the dilapidated environments of workshops, Radka Čejdíková finds inspiration in nature’s struggle with the decaying wrecks of cars in junkyards. The exhibition is curated by Alena Kotzmannová.

Before it's too late

Kurzor Gallery and Jelení Gallery – Center for Contemporary Art, Prague

This guided walking tour will take you to places associated with Prague legends. In these ancient tales, characters such as the Iron Man and the tailor from the House of the Green Frog will come to life. Together, we’ll also take a look at one of the narrowest houses in Prague and stop by Týn Church.

Meet at 7:00 p.m. in front of the entrance to the Central Library building

A Mysterious Stroll Through the Old Town

Visitors to the House of National Minorities can look forward to an abridged Czech-Slovak theatrical version of *Mysteria Buffa*, an introduction to the history of the tie—a gift to the world from the Croatians—and a workshop on *vyšívanky*, the technique used to decorate Ukrainian folk costumes, specifically embroidered shirts.
 
Live folklore will also be represented in the form of Rusyn, Hungarian, Serbian, and Greek dance and song, where you can learn the basic dance steps and join our dancers. Representatives from the dance and folklore ensembles Nyitnikék, Radost, Akropolis, Rusíni.cz, and Bulgari are already looking forward to seeing you.

Still not enough? How about Vietnamese board games, live Romani music, or Latin American guitar rhythms performed by Milan Migel Horvát’s band?
 
Still not enough? If you still have the energy and desire, an exhibition by Antonína Sycheva, a Russian chess club, and screenings of various documentaries on ethnic minorities and our institution await you. 

So come on over—we’re really looking forward to seeing you at Vocelova Street No. 3!

House of National Minorities

As part of Prague Museum Night, there will be a “Poster Making” workshop for children.
Every young artist can create their own poster. They’ll find inspiration right here in the gallery.

Workshop: 7:30–8:30 p.m. Free admission. Space is limited.


Poster Design

Gallery of Bulgarian Cultural Institute

At Galerie Kurzor, look forward to the second exhibition in the series “Conversations on Reproductions,” titled “The Structure of the Image System.” The common theme among the three exhibiting artists—Jan Nálevka, Adéla Svobodová, and Ally Dau—is a reflection on the image as a record of the process that shaped it.

This year’s exhibition program at the Kurzor Gallery is based on conversations between Hana Buddeus, Zbyněk Baladrán, Meghan Forbes, and Adéla Svobodová.

Structure of the image system

The exhibition will present a selection of works from recent years by the painter and sculptor (1945–2025), who passed away unexpectedly. His work is characterized by the clash between spontaneous and explosive painterly gestures and their “overlaying” or channeling through lines and other geometric shapes.

MEETING WITH THE EXHIBITION ORGANIZER: From 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., art theorist PhDr. František Malina, or his representative, will be present in the exhibition hall, and you will have the opportunity to speak with him about the work of painter and sculptor František Koudelka and his exhibition at the New Town Hall.

FRANTIŠEK KOUDELKA: SELECTED WORKS

New Town Hall

Starting at 4:00 p.m., the area in front of the main building of the Museum of Prague will transform into an open-air city festival filled with music, lights, a summer atmosphere, workshops, children’s activities, food, drinks, and a chance to explore the museum after dark.

You can look forward to a festival stage, a Coca-Cola chill zone, and stands from Birell, Bistro Mezi řádky, and Vinohradský pivovar. Inside the museum, you can also visit our purple Grifé bistro for a great burger. There will also be outdoor workshops by PRAHO! project, a puppet show for children, and our museum workshop “Send a Greeting from the Museum,” which you can enjoy right inside the building.

And when it gets dark?
Florenc will be lit up by the iconic Lunalón Moon from the Brno Observatory and Planetarium and special video mapping. The perfect moment for your best selfies of the evening.

Afternoon program in front of the main building

Museum of Prague

The NGP’s Asian Art Collection presents, in a new permanent exhibition at the Salm Palace, a selection of 520 works of art from Asia and the Islamic world, created over a span of 5,000 years and, among other things, situated within the context of cultural relations with Central Europe.
Organized into two main sections, the exhibition focuses on themes related to the cultural history of the Czech lands and highlights the qualities and significance of works from Asian and Islamic visual cultures within their original contexts. It also reveals the provenance of the works, including how they were acquired for the NGP collections.

The introductory section recalls the historical framework of European Orientalism and colonial policy, which contributed to the spread of awareness of Asian and Islamic artistic traditions as well as to collecting in the Czech lands from the 16th to the 20th century. In addition to historical presentations of Asian and Middle Eastern countries within the context of world exhibitions, shop windows displaying goods from the “Orient,” or private interiors with “Oriental” décor, the exhibition features prominent Czech scholars, collectors, and artists from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries who reflected on Asian and Islamic art through scholarly or creative means.

The second, more extensive section of the exhibition presents Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Indian, and Islamic cultural spheres from the 3rd millennium BCE to the present day, viewed through the lens of a contemporary interdisciplinary approach combining art history, Asian and Islamic studies, and museology. Within thematic contexts, the exhibition explores spiritual traditions, writing and calligraphy, decoration and ornamentation, and the natural and human worlds in individual visual cultures. The representation of cultural regions and historical periods is uneven, reflecting the nature of collecting in the Czech lands.
The exhibition opens up space for exploring intercultural connections and critically revising historical approaches as one of the goals of decolonization in museum practice. It seeks to bridge stereotypical Eurocentric perspectives and incorporate the approaches of Asian experts in the interpretation and presentation of works to foster a more comprehensive understanding. The exhibition features audiovisual and interactive elements, an audio guide, spaces for rest and meditation, and an educational workshop.


Curatorial team: Markéta Hánová, Lenka Gyaltso, Kristýna Rendlová, Jana Ryndová (NGP) in collaboration with Zdenka Klimtová, Eva Lukášová, and Michaela Pejčochová
Education team: Anna Chmelová, Jana Klímová 




Salm Palace: Asian Art Across Space and Time 

Salm Palace - NGP

The current exhibition, ECHOES OF TOMORROW, spans 2,500 square meters and combines cutting-edge technology with a deeply emotional experience. The exhibition is a mix of immersive installations, interactive experiences, and art driven by data and algorithms.
 

Through light, movement, and sound, it explores the echoes of the digital world in our reality. One moment you find yourself in an illusion that crumbles with every step. The next, you enter a system whose behavior is both precise and unpredictable. Here, light sketches thoughts. Sound controls both space and events.

ECHOES OF TOMORROW

Signal Space

Come take a look into the world of teeth, jaws, and real anthropological finds. During the workshop, you’ll uncover traces of disease and the daily lives of our ancestors, and discover why prevention is more important than we think. 

You can look forward to a combination of history, science, and hands-on demonstrations—from the evolution of dental hygiene to the analysis of pathological changes in human teeth.
 
The workshop is co-funded by the ESF+ project at Charles University, reg. no. 
CZ.02.02.XX/00/23_022/0008957 

 What Did Human Teeth Look Like in the Past—and What Do They Reveal About Us Today? (Albertov 6)

Reservations required (capacity: 15 people) 

The exhibition traces the origins, development, and current state of the Map Collection at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, and briefly introduces key figures in Czech and European cartography.

Tours of the Map Collection

Map Collection

The New Town Hall, offering a beautiful view of Prague at night from its balcony—accessible via 221 steps. 

Tower Tour

Hidden, unique, romantic—that is how the garden of Šternberk Palace is often described. It offers a view of the palace’s most beautiful architectural features, provides a glimpse into the Deer Moat, and presents a rare opportunity for contemplation beneath majestic trees. Yet the garden’s tranquility is only apparent. Is the athletic Odysseus not attacking the woman playing with a dolphin? Is the girl cautiously making her way toward the pond not in danger? Probably not. The stork continues to intently watch the fish in the water, undisturbed. Let’s explore together the possible interactions between the figures cast in bronze and stone in this magical garden. An exclusive selection of 20th-century Czech sculpture offers us this opportunity. We will walk past sculptures by Jan Štursa, Jan Lauda, and Hana Wichterlová. Lecture by Jitka Handlová. 
 
Tour as part of the series “Art Up Close.” Join us to explore a selected theme in greater detail! We will focus on specific parts of the collections and examine them more closely. Each tour will offer a new perspective on a specific topic and place it within a broader context, helping to better understand the whole. 


Price: free 
Duration: approx. 60 min. 
Meeting place: on the ground floor, in the lobby of the Šternberk Palace 


Art Up Close: Sculptures That Come to Life in the Garden

NGP - Šternberk Palace

The performance by Tereza Silon & others at the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia intertwines text, movement, and sound. It offers an original exploration of mysticism, physicality, and collective experience, drawing loose inspiration from the book *Heavy and Grace*, the biography of Simone Weil, and the symbolism of the convent’s plants.
“The only thing that can be an end in itself, since it is the only thing in relation to the human individual that possesses a certain kind of transcendence, is collectivity.”* Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace.

From asceticism to erotic transcendence—mystical traditions are forms of embodied knowledge across cultures and religions. Mysticism is a practical tool for connecting with that which transcends us.

In a performance taking place in a historic monastery complex, Tereza Silon, together with performers Lea Elisha and Adéla Sobotková, will explore artistically rendered references to mysticism from history to the present through text and movement, accompanied by a sound composition by Adéla Sobotková (aka New Magic Media). Inspiration will also draw from the work and biographical moments of Simone Weil, a French Christian mystic, philosopher, and political activist, whose themes the texts will freely develop and interweave.

Further inspiration will come from the plants in the monastery gardens, many of which belong to the Rosaceae family—visually associated, through their five-petaled flowers, with the orbit of Venus. Hildegard of Bingen, one of the most famous mystics and polymaths, describes in her concept of viriditas as the opposite of sin everything that is “wet, green, moist, and juicy.”

Come refresh your spirit, listen to poetry and audio recordings, and experience a performance with us.

The program will begin in the monastery gardens with an artistic botanical walk, during which we will stop at selected shrubs, trees, and plants, as well as at the ongoing hydrodistillation of herbs.

We will then move to the interior of the monastery, where the program will continue.

Text, concept, direction: Tereza Silon 
Performance: Adéla Sobotková, Lea Elisha, Tereza Silon
Sound composition: Adéla Sobotková aka New Magic Media 
Lighting and sound: Tasya
Curator: Alena Kotyza
Coordination: Kateřina Kotápišová
Production: Hana Kozubová, Johana Plachtová
Supported by: Oldřich Bystřický

Price: free 
Duration: approx. 60 min. 
Meeting point: at 7:00 p.m. at the ticket office of the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia 
Limited capacity 
Reservations required via GoOut

Tereza Silon et al.: Rosaceae: Thorns and Grace

St. Agnes of Bohemia Convent

As part of Prague Museum Night, artists will open their studios, and the curators of the residency program will introduce them during a guided tour. At the same time, you can visit two exhibitions on the first floor: Taiwanese artist Chen Chen Yu will present Dream of the Eggs, and graduates of the FAMU Department of Photography will showcase their final projects at the FOTOFUTURES 2026 exhibition. 


MeetFactory residents opening their studios:
 

Chen Chen Yu
Urban Space Epics (Darrell Jónsson) 
Viktoria Dür
Finja Sander 
Katarzyna Witek 
Uta Bekaia

Open Studios / Guided Tour of the Residential Floor

Artist Oldřich Kulhánek is well known to the Czech public primarily for the banknotes that pass through our hands every day. However, his work extends far beyond this. The exhibition also presents lesser-known aspects of the oeuvre of one of the most prominent figures in Czech graphic art.

Oldřich Kulhánek’s World of Banknotes Exhibition

Czech National Bank Visitor Centre in Prague

Who controls our data, personal sovereignty, and political freedom? Answers are offered by the art-research  project and an international group exhibition DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign, in which Czech and international artists explore, through their works, how computing technologies, AI, automation, and digital infrastructures undermine personal and state sovereignty. Curated by Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás. 

The DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign project is co-funded by the European Union under the Creative Europe programme.  


DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign

Galerie Rudolfinum

The Old Masters exhibition at the Schwarzenberg Palace presents a selection of the most significant masterpieces from the Collection of Old Art (Hans von Aachen, Petr Brandl, Matyáš Bernard Braun, Lucas Cranach, Adriaen de Vries, Albrecht Dürer, El Greco, Hans Holbein, Jan Gossaert, known as Mabuse, Peter Paul Rubens, Bartholomaeus Spranger, Karel Škréta, Michael Leopold Willmann, and others).

Its primary time frame spans the 16th to the 18th centuries, based on a retrospective view of pre-Renaissance tendencies in Gothic art and ancient works as sources of inspiration for Renaissance and Baroque art. The exhibition is conceived as a dialogue between national and international impulses, influences, and changes in the spirit of a dialectic of forms, styles, and motifs. From a curatorial perspective, it reflects the narrative aspects of European art from antiquity to the Enlightenment, historical contexts, and the timelessness of masterful works of art in an innovative installation. One section of the exhibition is dedicated to artistic production in Bohemia during the Baroque period, led by the prominent painters Karel Škréta and Petr Brandl, and the sculptor Matyáš Bernard Braun.

As part of the main entrance to the Schwarzenberg Palace, the original entrance from Hradčanské Square through the courtyard has been restored. Three halls on the ground floor are reserved for temporary collection exhibitions, and two rooms will serve as graphic art galleries.

Author and Curator: Marius Winzeler
Collaborators: Tomáš Hladík, Martina Jandlová Sošková, Olga Kotková, Lucie Němečková, Andrea Steckerová, Marcela Vondráčková
Architectural design: AP Atelier – Josef Pleskot, Norbert Schmidt, Eva Vopátková
Graphic design: Studio Najbrt – Zuzana Lednická, Jakub Spurný
Location: Schwarzenberg Palace

Free admission to the permanent exhibitions at the Schwarzenberg Palace: Old Masters I 

NGP - Schwarzenberg Palace

The program will also include special themed tours focusing on Vyšehrad’s tales and legends. In addition to the well-known legends of Libuše and Šemík, you’ll hear lesser-known stories recorded by the writer Popelka Biliánová, who captured the old legends of Vyšehrad and the secrets of old Prague.

Tales and Legends of Vyšehrad

Vyšehrad National Cultural Monument

THE HISTORY OF NEW TOWN AND PANORAMIC VIEWS OF PRAGUE. The exhibition presents the history of New Town as well as the oldest panoramic views of Prague, which depict the city from elevated vantage points surrounding the entire Prague basin. The exhibition consists of copies of historical engravings from the archives of the City of Prague Museum. The tower’s observation deck offers a beautiful view of Prague at night.

 PERMANENT EXHIBITION in the former apartment of the tower keeper

EDEN, a solo exhibition by set designer, puppeteer, illustrator, and graphic artist Hza Bažant, presents works created from 2020 to the present, all united by the motif of the garden as a private paradise—a space of beauty, abundance, and inevitable transience. The individual graphic works create separate worlds with their own inhabitants, rules, and stories, interconnected by the endless natural cycle of birth, growth, decay, and renewal. The artist returns to memories, childhood landscapes, and the passage of time, and through the motif of the garden, he explores humanity’s relationship with nature, uncertainty, and things that can never be fully controlled.

The exhibition builds on the previous Nusle series and expands on a fascination with elemental places on the border between order and wildness. In his prints, Bažant deliberately works with offset registration and layering of the image, thereby creating space for the search for hidden meanings and the viewer’s own imagination. The exhibition also features the motif of the Gardener—a symbol of order, control, and humanity’s efforts to tame nature. EDEN invites visitors to join in the search for their own personal paradise. The opening will be accompanied by music from the experimental ambient group Kora et le Mechanix.

HZA -  BAŽANT EDEN

Hollar Gallery

The Gas Industry Museum on the Pražská plynárenská premises in Prague 4 – Michle will be open to the public,
and visitors will also be provided with expert commentary.
 
Visitors will learn about the history and development of the gas industry and the use of gas, and will see original artifacts and models of various gas-related equipment, historical gas appliances, publications, period photographs, and films.
 
Among the museum’s curiosities and rarities are an oval gas pipe from Charles Bridge dating from 1878, a Neo-Rococo Villeroy & Boch castle gas stove from the 1870s, a “Bavaria” gas film projector and a “Laterna Magica” gas slide projector from the late 19th century, a gas-powered hat shaper from England, a waffle maker from Germany, a Czech Moretta automatic washing machine with gas-heated water, Art Nouveau gas interior chandeliers, a gas-powered mangle, a gas refrigerator, and a number of historic gas-powered coffee roasters.


Gas Industry Treasury

Gas Museum

The internationally acclaimed exhibition *Echoes of Tomorrow* is currently complemented by the accompanying exhibition *Dream on! Where it all began*, which takes you back in time to relive memories of previous editions of the Signal Festival.

You can look forward to the six most popular video mappings from the Signal Festival, which have been projected onto the iconic Basilica of St. Ludmila in the past. Right in the gallery foyer, you’ll also be greeted by Reflexe by artists Adam Cigler and Petr Vacek—a hypnotic kinetic installation made of moving mirrors that reflects, transforms, and fragments the surrounding world as well as the visitors themselves. 

The Dream On! Where it all began exhibition is included with all tickets to the main Echoes of Tomorrow exhibition.
 

A separate ticket for the Dream On! Where it all began exhibition can be purchased for 99 CZK.


DREAM ON! WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

In addition to a tour of the permanent exhibition at the Karel Zeman Museum for a special price of 120 CZK per person, visitors to the Filmohraní room will be treated to screenings of digitally restored films by Karel Zeman: *Journey to the Prehistoric Era*, *The Stolen Airship*, and *Baron Munchausen*.

Screenings of digitally restored films by Karel Zeman

Karel Zeman Museum

During Museum Night 2026, the Rothmayer family villa will open its doors to visitors in the evening. The house was home to Božena Horneková-Rothmayerová, a fashion reformer; Otto Rothmayer, the architect of Prague Castle; and their son Jan, a technological visionary who transformed the villa into a prototype of today’s smart home.
The villa will be open for self-guided tours from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM, allowing you to experience the nighttime atmosphere of the villa and its gardens. 

A Night at Rothmayer's Villa

Museum of Prague - Villa Rothmayer

Through nearly two hundred photographs taken between 1996 and 2026, the exhibition offers a unique opportunity to journey through Israel from the Golan Heights to the Sinai Peninsula, while recalling many of the defining moments in the life of this ethnically and culturally diverse Middle Eastern country. Thanks to Cudlín’s exceptionally deep immersion in the life of Israeli society, his photographs offer a glimpse beneath the surface of everyday life, from which the author extracts images of extraordinary urgency and beauty with a quick and unmistakable photographic touch—images full of tension, joy, vulnerability, and hope. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the 400 ASA photography association, is being held to mark the first edition of Cudlín’s eponymous photography book. 

Guided tours of the exhibition with JMP Chief Curator Misha Sidenberg and photographer Karel Cudlín
 
Program for children

Exhibition by world-renowned photographer Karel Cudlín, "Burning Love" (April 17 – September 6, 2026)

Klaus Synagogue

6:00 PM — PEXESO
A Prague-based indie-dance band that blends an electronic-inspired dance groove with the band’s live energy. A rhythm that will get the whole evening going from the very first notes.

7:20 PM — TIMEA
A distinctive Slovak singer and songwriter of the new generation. Emotional indie-pop, a powerful voice, and an atmosphere that will draw you in from the very first song.

9:00 PM — LAKE MALAWI
Albert Černý’s band will bring the concert energy of major festivals to Florenc, along with catchy indie-pop and songs known to fans across Europe. The finale of Prague Museum Night, which will be heard far beyond the museum.

Festival Stage

Presented by Jitka Handlová.  

8:30 p.m. Agnolo Bronzino, Eleanor of Toledo 

9:00 p.m. Peter Paul Rubens, The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas 

Price: Free 

Duration: approx. 15 min. 

Meeting place: at the ticket office of the Schwarzenberg Palace 

Reservations: not required; however, exhibition capacity is limited, and visitor numbers may be restricted 

Brief comments on the topic of Starry Paintings by the Old Masters 

The museum is a university collection of anthropological nature. The permanent exhibition covers topics such as human evolution, individual development, human variability, as well as pathology and death. The collection as a whole serves to support education and research.

Tour of the exhibition

 Hrdlička Museum of Man

From the Brick Gate, you’ll walk through a historic corridor to the monumental Gorlice Hall—the largest underground hall in historic Prague, which was actually created by accident during the construction of the fortress. It is here that six original Baroque statues from Charles Bridge are on display.

Visitor Information:
Single admission to the Vyšehrad Underground: 100 CZK. Children under 6 years old are free.
Admission from 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM (last admission at 11:00 PM).

Casemates at Gorlice

Vladimír Škoda is one of the leading figures in contemporary visual art and is rightly regarded as an artist of European stature. He has been based in France for many years, where he has established a strong presence on the international scene, and his work is represented in major public and private collections.
 

The exhibition concept, designed specifically for the unique space of Galerie Smečky, demonstrates how the artist’s work is both focused and diverse. 

It draws on the infinite variability of nature and its laws. It becomes a mirror of nature, even though the principles of artistic creation differ from those of nature and are imbued with the artist’s own thought and sensibility. It also stems from a deep interest in mathematics, physics, and cosmology, which is reflected in precisely constructed objects and installations based on the principles of balance, order, and tension.


A Tour of Vladimír Škoda’s Exhibition “Order and Intuition”

The “Old Prague” lamplighter, whom you may encounter during Advent as he lights the gas lamps on Charles Bridge, 
will give you a guided tour covering the history and present state of gas lamps—both street and indoor. 

At the entrance to the Pražská plynárenská complex, where the museum is located, a massive flame will shoot up toward the sky from a sculpture depicting the production of gas from coal. The sculpture is lit only on exceptional occasions, which Prague Museum Night certainly is.

An Old Prague Streetlamp Keeper

Join us on a journey through the world of rocks and fossils and discover all the stories they tell about our planet. Can you identify an igneous rock at a glance? Do you know what pillow lava reveals about the environment in which it formed, or that ammonites help determine a rock’s age?
 
Peek into the micro world through a microscope and find out how you can determine the conditions of a rock’s formation—or what microfossils look like. Come experience geology firsthand—with the help of games, identification activities, and scientific instruments.

Geology - Discover What Lies Beneath the Surface (Albertov 6)

Experience the world of banknotes through your own creations. You can design your own currency at our creative workshop, while learning interesting facts from the world of banknotes and testing your knowledge of security features.

Creative workshop – the world of banknotes 

Discover the former air-raid shelters of the SS military hospital in Podolí. The period furnishings in the command room, infirmary, and other stations will transport you back to the dramatic periods of the 20th century and introduce you to the lesser-known history of Vyšehrad. 

Podol Casemates 

Get an up-close look at what life was like for a farmer—six interactive stations await you, where you can try your hand at milking a cow, churning butter, washing clothes on a washboard, grinding grain, cleaning the barn, or stomping grapes.

What did the work of a steward involve?

The exhibition by Czech photographer Bet Orten, YOUR BLOOD / MY ROSE, offers insight into key themes in the artist’s work, particularly the diverse aspects of the female experience. The works are presented in an unconventional installation that goes beyond the scope of traditional photography. The exhibition is complemented by photographic objects and installations featuring immersive elements.

Exhibition: YOUR BLOOD / MY ROSE 

The Chemistry Gallery

Come ask us anything you’re curious about—not just Asian art! 

A new guided tour format tailored to the Asian art exhibition at Salm Palace. NGP experts will be present in the exhibition at designated times, and visitors can ask them questions and discuss the Asian art on display.  

 On the 1st floor of the permanent exhibition “Asian Art Across Space and Time,” you can ask Sinologist Noemi Guerrero.  

On the 2nd floor of the permanent exhibition “Asian Art Across Space and Time,” you can ask Jana Ryndová, curator of the Asian Art Collection. 

 Price: free 
Duration: approx. 180 min.
Meeting place: directly in the exhibition Reservations: not required; however, exhibition capacity is limited, and visitor numbers may be restricted 


Ask us!

Art workshops for children

The Martin Casemates will captivate you with their mysterious, almost mystical atmosphere. The candlelit underground passages offer a unique experience and serve as a reminder of the days when soldiers defended the Vyšehrad Fortress against enemies.

When God wasn't looking...

LEICA GALLERY PRAGUE

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