Following that, a wide-ranging series of artefacts are presented in the rest of the space. The Hall of Busts<\/em> displays historical Czech figures across the 20th century, a walk through a series of apartments furnished in the styles of the times (the 1990s office was reminiscent of my home setup, replete with bulky CRT monitor and dial-up modem), plus some album covers and posters detailing quite why the 1980s were both awful and amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Down a couple of floors and to a temporary exhibition Franti\u0161ka Plam\u00ednkov\u00e1 and Us<\/a><\/em>. Unsurprisingly I knew nothing about Franti\u0161ka, but she was, by this account, a prominent campaigner and advocate for women’s rights in Czechoslovakia, before her murder in a WWII concentration camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This quote stood out to me, especially given the [gestures hands wildly]<\/em> state of the world today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Certain ways and means are forbidden to a Democrat, ways and means to control others without their consent, ways and means that they would never tolerate for themselves.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013\u2013 Franti\u0161ka Plam\u00ednkova to the Czechoslovakian Senate, 1935<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n Skipping over the Children’s Museum<\/em> floor, for I am only sometimes a child, the route to the Historical Museum takes you through an underground passageway. Since I was doing the whole tour the “wrong way around”, it was not immediately obvious what I was seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On both sides of the passageway, projectors display a continuous sequence of images, either formed from individual photographs that merge into a panorama, or cleverly crafted animations forming another journey from the origins of the universe to the present day of Prague. It’s a truly impressive way to make use of what would perhaps otherwise be a dull corridor with some paintings hung on the wall. Some images in the gallery below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This part is much more the “traditional museum” style: many permanent exhibitions and detailed research into historical themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ll be honest: I was experiencing museum <\/em>burnout<\/i> by now \u2013 I can’t last more than an hour or so in a museum \u2013\u00a0so I only briefly looked through the exhibitions. They are mostly what you would expect: natural history features heavily, and deep dives into theological and nobility studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The atrium and cupola are spectacular though, even if my bugbear of people making themselves<\/em> the subject of photos was in full view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, I was happy to experience it, and my routing via the New Building first was actually better for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n\n\n\n I really enjoyed Prague as a city, as a destination. Despite the heat, I and my travelling partners explored quite a bit. The transport network is extensive, mostly based on street trams, alongside buses and the metro. (A word of caution: those Tatra T3<\/a><\/em> trams with their huge glass windows and no air-conditioning are not designed for hot days… but rare are air-con trams in Prague at all).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apart from the accommodation, the city is reasonably affordable \u2013 meals, drinks and entrance fees are all reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My top tip: head out across the river away from the Old Town, into Prague 7. It’s more diverse, less touristy, and has great food options\u00a0\u2013 some with added cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Historical Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Summing it all up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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