After five years of renovation, the The Prague City Museum at Florenc will reopen its doors from Saturday. A special family programme is planned for visitors during the opening weekend.
Following a five-year renovation, the main building of the The Prague City Museum at Florenc will reopen on Saturday, 6 December. Visitors will be able to experience a new digital and interactive exhibition based on one of the museum’s most valuable exhibits – the Langweil Model of Prague.
At the centre is an immersive hall with a resolution of 11,520 × 6,480 pixels – higher than at the Planetum Praha planetarium or the Deep Space 8K in Linz. The projections are designed to completely surround visitors and vividly convey the content of the exhibition.
During the opening weekend, on 6 and 7 December, a special programme for families will take place. In addition to Saint Nicholas and his companion, the museum mascot Grifo will also be present. Children can look forward to small gifts such as colouring books, puzzles, and dried fruit.
Between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., DJs Domizako and Atomal will provide musical entertainment. A Christmas tree in the foyer offers the perfect selfie spot.
Exhibition “City Through Time”: Stories of the 19th Century Come Alive
From 6 December 2025, the museum will present the exhibition City Through Time. It comprises five halls and offers insights into the city’s history through numerous stories and exhibits.
Modern digital technologies transport visitors to different eras, including the 19th century. Street scenes, everyday life, and historical figures can be experienced interactively – for example, it is possible to engage in dialogue with Antonín Langweil using AI.
Langweil Model of Prague: A Memory in Paper
A man with scissors, paper, and a great dream: Antonín Langweil. His extraordinary work provides an accurate memory of Prague before the city underwent major changes at the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries.
Langweil began his work in 1826 and spent eleven years building the model – house by house, street by street. Whether out of love for the city or to provide a dowry for his five daughters can only be guessed. What is certain is that thanks to his model, today’s viewers can see the Old Town, Lesser Town, and Prague Castle as they looked back then.
On an area of around 20 square metres, more than 2,000 buildings are depicted, including many houses that have long disappeared, for example from the historic Prague Jewish Quarter (Židovské Město pražské). The 1:480 scale model shows facades, courtyards, gardens, and even small service yards – a testament to Langweil’s meticulous attention to detail.
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