National Technical Museum
The National Technical Museum, founded in 1908, is the largest Czech institution specialized in museum collections of a technical character. Since 2013, when the museum was opened after the building’s reconstruction, visitors can view permanent exhibitions devoted to the history of technology, short-term exhibitions, and accompanying programs. The Museum’s collections include objects of global importance.
Open: Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays 9 am – 6 pm
Permanent exhibitions:
Architecture, Civil Engineering,
and Design
Astronomy
Transportation
Photographic Studio
Mining
Metallurgy
Chemistry around Us
Intercamera
Time Measurement
Printing
Fun Technology
Household Technology
TV Studio
Coal and Ore Mine
Mercury Playroom
The Renaissance sextant of Jost Bürgi is part of the Museum’s unique astronomical collection.
The National Technical Museum, founded in 1908, is the largest Czech institution specialized in museum collections of a technical character. Since 2013, when the museum was opened after the building’s reconstruction, visitors can view permanent exhibitions devoted to the history of technology, short-term exhibitions, and accompanying programs. The Museum’s collections include objects of global importance.
Open: Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays 9 am – 6 pm
Permanent exhibitions:
Architecture, Civil Engineering,
and Design
Astronomy
Transportation
Photographic Studio
Mining
Metallurgy
Chemistry around Us
Intercamera
Time Measurement
Printing
Fun Technology
Household Technology
TV Studio
Coal and Ore Mine
Mercury Playroom
The Renaissance sextant of Jost Bürgi is part of the Museum’s unique astronomical collection. The same sextant was likely used by Johannes Kepler to explore the movement of the planets.
There are a number of valuable cars in the Transportation exhibition, such as the Mercedes‑Benz W154 racing car which was raced by Rudolf Caracciolao before the Second World War.
