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centuries. As well as Titian’s A branch of the museum at
superb The Toilet of a Young Výtoň, on the banks of the
Lady, there are also works Vltava, depicts the way
by Rubens and Tintoretto. of life of a former settle-
The exquisite building of ment. Another at
Schwarzenberg Palace houses Vyšehrad records
a gallery of Baroque art. Whilst the history of this
the Kampa Museum of Modern royal seat.
Art has drawings, paintings and The Museum of
scultures from Central Europe. Military History, in
the Schwarzenberg
Palace since 1945
Music but now at U
Two Czech composers merit Památníku 3, displays
their own museums. The battle charts, weaponry,
Smetana Museum is a memorial uniforms and other
to the father of Czech music, military regalia. The
Bedřich Smetana, whose musical Lobkowicz Collection, Astrolabe from the National Technical Museum
style became closely linked to housed in the 16th
the national revival. The Dvořák century Lobkowicz Palace Science and Technology
Museum, housed in the Villa at Prague Castle, includes
Amerika, explores the life and rare books and manuscripts. A vast exhibition hall holds
work of Antonín Dvořák. Both The Jewish Museum is made the transport section of
museums contain personal up of various sites in the Jewish the National Technical
memorabilia, musical scores Quarter, including the Spanish Museum. Ranks of vintage
and correspondence. Synagogue, Maisel Synagogue cars, motorcycles and steam
The Museum of Music has and the Old Jewish Cemetery. engines fill the space, and
many rare and historic Among its collections are holy over them hang examples of
instruments, and a number of artifacts from other Jewish early flying machines. Other
scores by famous composers. communities, brought to Prague sections in the museum trace
by the Nazis as part of a plan for the progress of sciences such
a museum of “an extinct race”. as electronics. The museum’s
History Another moving display is of many other fascinating exhibits
The historical collections of the drawings made by children from include displays on archi-
National Museum are held at the Terezín concentration camp. tecture, astronomy and
the main Wenceslas Square printing and communications.
building. The Prague Museum
centres on the history of the city, Decorative Arts Finding the Museums
with period rooms, historical With glassware spanning and Galleries
prints and a model of Prague in centuries, from medieval to
the 19th century, made of paper modern, porcelain and pewter- Dvořák Museum p154
and wood by the litho grapher ware, furniture and textiles, Exhibition Ground p162
Antonín Langweil. books and posters, the Museum Kampa Museum of
of Decorative Arts in the Modern Art p135
Lobkowicz Palace p101
Jewish Quarter is one of The Loreto pp118–19
Prague’s best, but only Maisel Synagogue p92
a small selection of its Museum of Decorative
holdings is on show. Look Arts p86
out for specialized temporary Museum of Music p141
exhibitions mounted either Náprstek Museum p77
at the museum itself or at National Museum p147
other venues in Prague. National Technical Museum p162
Many other museums have Old Jewish Cemetery pp88–9
examples of the decorative Picture Gallery of Prague
arts, ranging from grandiose Castle p100
monstrances – including one Prague Museum p161
with 6,222 diamonds – in the St Agnes of Bohemia
treasury of The Loreto to simple Convent pp94–5
everyday furnishings in the Schwarzenberg Palace p116
Prague Museum. There is also Smetana Museum p81
Spanish Synagogue pp92–3
a fascinating collection of pre- Sternberg Palace pp112–15
Columbian artifacts from Trade Fair Palace pp164–5
Central America in the Troja Palace pp166–7
Bohemian glass, Museum of Decorative Arts Náprstek Museum.

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