Presenting around 80 works by 46 artists, the exhibition Group Therapy is a dialogue, an encounter, an exchange of artistic ideas and concepts, and a juxtaposition of artworks from two different collections.
How to be an artist when your country has been brutally invaded? What is the role of an artist? How can they help? For Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova, the only possible way forward is through objects and materials to speak about life, culture and war in Ukraine today.
Adolf Born: Paintings, drawings, graphics Miroslav Oliva: Sculptures
Chodov fortress
Adolf Born was an important Czech illustrator, graphic artist and painter. Not only his graphic sheets, but also drawings and watercolors will be exhibited at the Chodovská fortress. His oil on wooden board will be a huge rarity.
You'd be surprised what gas was used for in the past
Gas Museum
Come and see for yourself how hair was ironed and curled with gas in the past using irons heated on special gas heaters! 65 Czech and foreign gas irons will be on display.
The parts of the oldest Prague gas plant in Karlín from 1847, the oval gas pipeline from Charles bridge from 1878, the neo-rococo Villeroy & Boch castle gas stove from the 1870s, the gas movie camera "Bavaria" and the gas slide projector " Laterna Magica" from the end of the 19th century, gas radiator from "Victorian" England, a gas hat shaper from England, waffle maker from Germany, Czech "Moretta" automatic washing machine with gas water heating, Art nouveau gas interior chandeliers, gas mangl, gas refrigerator or a series of historic gas coffee roasters, irons and heaters for hair curlers.
Burning flame on the sculpture of Ladislav Šaloun "Apotheosis of gas industry"
Gas Museum
Ever since the ceremonial commissioning of the Michle gasworks (1927), its main gate has been decorated with the work of the famous Czech sculptor Ladilav Šaloun "Apotheosis of Gas Industry", placed on a 10-meter stone plinth.
As part of Prague Museum Night, the MeetFactory Gallery will also open its doors and present the current exhibitions The Boundaries of Ambiguity (MeetFactory Gallery) and The Light of Just One Lamp by the duo Alex Selmeci & Tomáš Kocka Jusko (Kostka Gallery) in guided tours.
Tour of the CNB Visitor Centre's Prague exhibitions
Czech National Bank Visitor Centre in Prague
Visit the interactive Exploring the Currency exhibition, focusing on the current roles of the central bank, the People and Money exhibition about the history of money and central banking, which is located in the former strongroom, and our temporary exhibitions - all presented in an unusual night-time setting.
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 Mosaic heritage of Plovdiv and Bulgaria
Gallery of Bulgarian Cultural Institute
Visitors will have the opportunity to try mosaic making - traditional Bulgarian folklore motifs and copies of details from the mosaics that were revealed in the Small Early Christian Basilica and the Episcopal Basilica of Philipopol (today's Plovdiv). Smaller participants will make a small mosaic that they can take away. For adults, we have prepared the opportunity to participate in the production of a large mosaic panel, which will complement the currently ongoing exhibition Bulgaria and mosaics.
The exhibition commemorates the 90th anniversary of painter Jiří Bouda's birth and celebrates his extensive work with motifs of technology, public transport, and especially railways. Trains became the central theme of his paintings, illustrations, prints, and ex-libris.
Eva Brodská (*1937) is a creator of monumental woven images, which she makes using a traditional tapestry technique. She uses wool as her main material, often in combination with sisal.
In the museum studio, visitors can create their own postcards using simple graphic techniques. The museum shop offers postage stamps and provides an opportunity to send an original greeting from the Museum Night to loved ones.
The Střešovice tram depot in Prague houses a unique collection of vehicles and other artifacts that recount the history of public transport in the capital of the Czech Republic. It was opened in May of 1993 by the Prague Public Transit Company (DPP) as the "Museum of Public Transport in Prague". The part of the permanent collection, which is always on view, includes forty historic vehicles. Other exhibits include models, photographs, historical documents, tickets, drawings and route maps.
Exposures is the first major retrospective following the life of the Prague-born photographer and writer Lucia Moholy (1894–1989). Spanning her entire career from the 1910s to the 1970s, the exhibition presents more than 600 photographs, microfilms, letters, articles, books, and audio interviews, many formerly unseen. It is the first exhibition to place better known photographs taken during her time at the Bauhaus and Britain into dialogue with her work as an information scientist in Turkey and a central figure in the Zurich art scene of the 1960s and 70s. Addressing missing works in Moholy’s oeuvre, it also incorporates installations by the contemporary Czech artist Jan Tichy.
The first museum in Czech Republic focused on illusions and trick-art
Illusion art museum Prague
Welcome to the Illusion Art Museum Prague, where art meets the phenomenon of illusion! Our museum in the historic heart of Prague is home to the most amazing works of illusion and trick art. Come and see a world where reality and fiction merge and every exhibit hides a secret. Most importantly, discover that art can be fun.
As part of Prague Museum Night 2024, there will be an Artist Talk with both artists from the current exhibition Moments of Landscape, Maroš Belák and Jan Kovářík, at 8pm and 10pm. The Artist Talk will be led by the exhibition curator, Bára Alex Kašparová.
The Technical and Documentary Museum of Prague Energy outlines the history of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity since the early 20th century to the present day.
Clam-Gallas Palace in the Old Town of Prague ranks among the most prominent architectural monuments of Prague and the Czech Republic. One of the prime works of Prague Baroque architecture, it is a splendid example of historical housing and the lifestyle of then aristocrats.
Exhibition in the gallery on the ground floor – ZBYNĚK BENÝŠEK – PAINTINGS EXHIBITION – PRAGUE SCENE. Retrospective of work from 1994-2024 on the occasion of the 75th birthday of the painter Zbyňek Benýšek and the anniversary of 50 years of work in Prague 2.
The exhibition of one-minute films includes 35 award-winning one-minute films from 19 countries over the last 30 years. All of the carefully selected works come from the longest running international minute film festival in Pozega, Croatia. The exhibition runs from 15 June to 15 September.
Tour of the original Neptune SCULPTURE made of fine sandstone in the entrance hall for weddings on the ground floor, created in the years 1875 - 1877 by the sculptor Bohuslav Schnirch.
Planetarium Prague - Take a look under the hood of the planetarium dome renovation
Planetarium Prague
The Prague Planetarium will operate the first LED dome in Europe and the first facility of its size to use this technology to project the sky. It will become the most modern planetarium in the world. You can currently take a look inside the dome and see how its renovation is progressing.
Join our guided tour of Oldřich Kulhánek's World of Banknotes and find out more information that didn't make it into the exhibition...
Czech National Bank Visitor Centre in Prague
Artist Oldřich Kulhánek is well known to the Czech public mainly because of the banknotes that almost everyone carries around in their wallets. However, his artistic contributions extend far beyond banknotes. This guided tour will introduce you to aspects of his work, such as his admiration for the beauty of the human body, which we were unable to include in our exhibition.
In clear weather we will observe the night sky with large telescopes. In all weathers we will offer a tour of the instruments, permanent astronomical exhibitions and projections of astronomical programmes for young and old.
In clear weather we will observe the night sky with large telescopes. Whatever the weather, we will offer a tour of the instrumentation, the permanent astronomy exhibition, which includes interactive exhibits, optical experiments, historical instruments and the meteorite museum, where you can touch some meteorites. There is also a special exhibition "Return of the King" dedicated to the reconstruction of the König main telescope and projections of astronomical programmes for young and old.
Available for viewing, the COUNCIL LOUNGE on the ground floor offers beautiful historical furniture. The dominant feature is the original painted wooden ceiling.
Černý's five-story Musoleum Gallery in the building of the former distillery in the Lihovar Smíchov area. In the gallery, visitors will find Černý's life's work, including iconic works such as babies with barcodes, a walking Trabant or a red clicking bus.
The GREAT HALL can be viewed from the 1st floor of the tower. On the walls of there are the remains of wall paintings from the 16th century and three columns in the middle.
To graze means to touch lightly. The Soft Graze Set casts into a timeless spatial trap from which it itself creates an escape. Gripping closeness makes both vulnerability and a desire for power.
… Both artists work with a different scale. Their works seem to exist on different levels. The installation is subtle, the works maintain a distance and communicate with each other internally, as if there were two acquaintances in the room, each doing their own thing, but present together. …
