This is where Grifo lives. You’ll see him below the ceiling from time to time. But he only talks to kids. There are lots of other things to look forward to: Langweil’s model of Prague with teeny-weeny figures in teeny-weeny streets, or the immersive hall that will transport you into the Prague of days gone by. When will you stop by?

This place was buzzing in the Baroque era. The giants on the palace façade still recall Braun, Mozart or Beethoven walking in – and sneaking out after wild parties in someone else’s wig. Today you can step into their shoes yourself: wander through the lavish chambers, stop by a concert, or join a great workshop.

Our exhibition about the Prague of Emperor Charles IV will let you explore the Middle Ages. The early modern age can be explored in our exhibition about the Prague of Emperor Rudolph II. And after all that you can treat yourself to some coffee and cake and thank your lucky stars you live in the present age.

The first flat-roofed building in Prague’s Střešovice district. Neighbours thought another floor would be added, but it isn’t divided into floors at all. Inside are rooms of varying heights and sizes, fitting together like a 3-D jigsaw puzzle to form an original mansion. You can see for yourselves once we reopen.

This building looks half-sunk because the riverbank of the Vltava was raised to prevent flooding. The old customs house was left intact, and it’s lucky it was. Inside you can explore how timber was once floated into Prague on rafts. Because without wood, you can’t even build a woodshed.

Ctěnice Chateau was passed around between aristocrats like syphilis: it changed hands from the Hazmburks to the Windischgrätz family and even Petr Myška of Žlunice. Don’t worry, nobody’s heard of him either. The grounds contain all the usual chateau trappings: 
a granary, a coach house and the dreaded bailiff’s office.

Blocks and cylinders. Otto Rothmayer wanted to prove that architecture needs only basic shapes. The villa’s practical simplicity feels almost Mediterranean – only without the seagulls or the sea. Recently renovated, it shows how great architecture can also feel homely.

A treasure trove for architecture buffs. If you love inter-war and post-war buildings, furnishings and fittings and applied art as much as we do, you’ll find loads to sate your appetite here. And the Müller and Rothmayer villas are just round the corner, so you can then compare theory with practice.