National Museum (Prague)
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The National Museum (NM)[1] (Czech: Národní muzeum) is a Czech museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare, and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections. It was founded in 1818 by Kašpar Maria Šternberg.[2] Historian František Palacký[3] was also strongly involved in the foundation of the museum.
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Národní muzeum | |
Established | April 15, 1818 (1818-04-15) |
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Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 50.078831°N 14.430797°E / 50.078831; 14.430797 |
Collection size | 14 million items |
Website | www |
The National Museum houses nearly 14 million items[4] from the areas of natural history, history, arts, music and librarianship, which are located in dozens of museum buildings. The main building of the National Museum was renovated from 2011–2019, and permanent exhibitions began to be opened from Spring 2020.[citation needed]