{"id":337,"date":"2011-07-09T12:27:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T10:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/07\/09\/a-national-museum-closing-memories\/"},"modified":"2017-06-07T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:31:35","slug":"a-national-museum-closing-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/07\/09\/a-national-museum-closing-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"A National Museum closing: Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"

The original building of the Czech National Museum has closed for five years for extensive modernization.<\/p>\n

I have fond memories of the National Museum building and some not so fond ones.\u00a0 Starting with the latter I need to point out that the building is at the same location as the Muzeum metro station, a major crossroads for us.\u00a0 To get to and from the station we would frequently need to walk around the huge building and through an underpass that was always dirty and smelly due to the food stalls there.\u00a0 Prague and the metro stations are usually quite clean so this hike stood out like a sore thumb.<\/p>\n

The building itself we always found interesting for its massive size looming over Wenceslas Square.\u00a0 We loved the story about the bullet holes that are still visible in the facade because the Czech workman ordered to repair them by the new communist overlords in 1945 purposely made them standout by miss-matching the patch.\u00a0 I wonder if they will remain after this current renovation.<\/p>\n

\"VisualisationThis is an artists rendering of the proposed works.<\/p>\n

The National Museum like the National Gallery can be confusing because it consists of multiple buildings.\u00a0 We did go to several other exhibitions in other buildings but these rooms of prehistoric history, minerals, zoology and the like never made it to the top of our To Do list.\u00a0 So when we saw a notice for a Christmas concert to be held there we bought the tickets immediately.\u00a0 The performance, a selection of arias, was held on the central staircase.\u00a0 We enjoyed the location and the music, the experience<\/span>, very much.\u00a0 For more see Christmas Concerts in Historical Buildings<\/a><\/p>\n

The scheduled June 2016 re-opening is a life time away, but don’t worry the National Museum will be hosting a great many exhibitions at other locations.\u00a0 See their web site for schedules.<\/a><\/p>\n

Our favourite is the Czech Museum of Music.\u00a0 Below is Karin’s account of our visit there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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