Celebration of Prague 2012 Dedicated to the Memory of the First President of the Czech Republic PROGRAM
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NedomYsleno ČR and Aréna, o.s., present: Celebration of Prague 2012 dedicated to the memory of the first president of the Czech Republic PROGRAM 7 December 8 December Where: Betlémské náměstí 1, Prague 1 Art of the 20th and 21st centuries RES PUBLICA – PUBLIC AFFAIR – OPEN HOUSE AT MUSEUMS AND When: 10am-6pm Permanent exhibition of the National Gallery at Admission: 50% discount the Veletržní Palace NEW BUILDING OF THE NATIONAL GALLERIES When: 10am-6pm MUSEUM NATIONAL MUSEUM Bedřich Smetana Museum Where: Dukelských hrdinů 47, Prague 7 The life, work, and times of the composer of Admission: 50% discount Res publica – Presidential forum Antonín Dvořák Museum Czech national music Presidential forum of Celebration of Prague On the road with the great Czech composer – not When: 10am-5pm When: 6pm just across the Pond Where: Novotného lávka 1, Prague 1 Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia Where: New Building of the National Museum When: 10am-1:30pm and 2-5pm Admission: 50% discount Medieval art in Bohemia and Central Europe Admission: free Where: Ke Karlovu 20, Prague 2 When: 10am-6pm With: presidential candidates Miloš Zeman, Admission: 50% discount National Memorial on Vítkov Hill Where: U Milosrdných 17, Prague 1 Přemysl Sobotka, Vladimír Dlouhý, Jiří Dienstbier, Discover important milestones in the country’s Admission: 50% discount Vladimír Franz, Táňa Fischerová and Jana Ethnographical Museum – Musaion history, and the early days of sport in the Czech Bobošíková; moderator: Marcela Augustová Folk culture and food lands When: 10am-6pm When: 10am-6pm • František Kupka: The Road to Amorfa Václav Havel: Audience Where: Kinský Summer Palace, Kinský Gardens, Where: U Památníku 1900, Prague 3 An exhibition of the master of abstract art Performed by Divadlo Na tahu Prague 5 Admission: 50% discount When: 10am-8pm When: 8:00pm Admission: 50% discount Where: Salma Palace, Hradčanské náměstí 1, Where: New Building of the National Museum, Prague 1 Vinohradská 1, Prague 1 Czech Museum of Music Admission: 50% discount Admission: free In search of musical masters and their NATIONAL GALLERY IN PRAGUE With: Karel Beseda and Radek Bár instruments, and remarkable musical machines When: 10am-6pm Art of the Old World Baroque in Bohemia Ivan Mládek’s Banjo Band Where: Karmelitská 2/4, Prague 1 Permanent exhibition of the art of Asia and the Schwarzenberg Palace Concert in honor of any president Admission: 50% discount ancient Mediterranean When: 10am-6pm When: 9:15pm When: 10am-6pm Where: Hradčanské náměstí 2, Prague 1 Where: New Building of the National Museum Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and Where: Kinský Palace, Staroměstské náměstí 12, Admission: 50% discount Admission: free American Cultures Prague 1 With: Ivan Mládek and his Banjo Band The greatest collection of exotic artifacts in Admission: 50% discount Prague From the Classical Era to the Close of the When: 9am-6pm Admission: free Baroque František Bílek Studio Where: Na Poříčí 52, Prague 8 European art in Sternberg Palace Discover spirituality in art at Bílek’s Villa in Admission: free CZECH POLICE MUSEUM When: 10am-6pm Hradčany Where: Hradčanské náměstí 15, Prague 1 When: 10am-6pm Prague at the end of the Middle Ages and Czech Police Museum Admission: 50% discount Where: Mickiewiczova 1, Prague 6 the start of the modern era The Kings of Šumava and Samurai swords, all at a Admission: free The late Gothic period and the appearance of the museum tracing the history of the fight against Masterworks from the Kolowrat Picture Renaissance in the capital of the Bohemian crime Gallery in Rychnov nad Stuck on the City / International exhibition Kingdom When: 10am-5pm Sternberg Palace of street art and graffiti When: 9am-6pm Where: Ke Karlovu 1, Prague 2 When: 10am-6pm The best graffiti artists, illegal art within legal Where: Na Poříčí 52, Prague 8 Admission: free Where: Hradčanské náměstí 15, Prague 1 surroundings Admission: free Admission: 50% discount When: 10am-6pm MUCHA MUSEUM Where: Municipal Library, 2nd floor, Mariánské Prague in prehistory Masterworks of Austrian and German náměstí 1, Prague 1 What the prehistoric inhabitants of Prague Mucha Museum Painting of the 19th century Admission: free looked like, where they lived, what they ate, their The world’s first museum dedicated to the life Sternberg Palace work, clothing and jewelry and work of famous Art Nouveau artist Alfons When: 10am-6pm After Velvet / Contemporary Czech Art with When: 9am-6pm Mucha Where: Hradčanské náměstí 15, Prague 1 Past Connotations Where: Na Poříčí 52, Prague 8 When: 6-10pm Admission: 50% discount Unexpected parallels between artists from Admission: free Where: Kaunitz Palace, Panská 7, Prague 1 different generations Admission: free during the time listed above Jakub Schikaneder When: 10am-6pm A primer for visitors to historical sights The largest retrospective of Schikaneder’s work Where: House at the Golden Ring, Týnská 6, Models and blueprints of churches at the City of FRANZ KAFKA MUSEUM ever Prague 1 (Ungelt) Prague Museum When: 10am-6pm Admission: free When: 9am-6pm Franz Kafka Museum Where: Waldstein Riding School, Valdštejnská 3, Where: Na Poříčí 52, Prague 8 A moving look at this writer, whose life is Prague 1 Admission: free fundamentally linked to Prague Admission: 50% discount CITY OF PRAGUE MUSEUM When: 6-10pm Medieval Prague Where: Herget Brickworks, Cihelná 2b, Prague 1 MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS Baroque Praha The building of Prague Castle, Vyšehrad, Old Admission: free during the time listed above Artistic gems from the shining and dark baroque Town, Lesser Town, Hradčany and New Town, Stories of Materials era and the life their inhabitants ŠTEFÁNIK OBSERVATORY Artistic handicraft and design – from the classical When: 9am-6pm When: 9am-6pm era to the 20th century Where: Na Poříčí 52, Prague 8 Where: Na Poříčí 52, Prague 8 Štefánik Observatory on Petřín Where: 17. listopadu 2, Prague 1 Admission: free Admission: free Skywatching, lectures on astronomy and When: 10am-6pm exhibitions for big and small Admission: permanent exhibition for only CZK 70 The Langweil Model of Prague Vinohrady and Žižkov and other exhibitions When: 11am-8pm during Celebration of Prague The most important item on display at the City of Photographs, illustrations, and jewelry tempt you Where: Strahovská 205, Prague 1 Prague Museum, a unique record of the state of to visit the museum building near Florence Admission: discount admission of CZK 30 children CITY GALLERY PRAGUE the Old Town, Lesser Town and Prague Castle 150 When: 9am-6pm and adults years ago Where: Na Poříčí 52, Prague 8 Mucha’s Slav Epic When: 9-6pm Admission: free The famous work by the great Art Nouveau artist Where: Na Poříčí 52, 180 00 Prague 8 is being exhibited by City Gallery Prague in the Admission: free Ctěnice Chateau Great Hall of the Veletržní Palace The City of Prague Museum invites you to visit When: 10am-6pm Museum for Children – Welcome in a this picturesque chateau and magical exhibitions Where: Dukelských hrdinů 47, Prague 7 medieval house When: 10am-6pm (chateau), 8am-6pm (gardens) Admission: 50% discount A medieval playroom for our youngest visitors Where: Bohdanečská 259/1, Prague 9-Vinoř .