Náprstek Museum

The Náprstek Museum (Czech: Náprstkovo muzeum) is a museum of Asian, African and Native American art located in Bethlehem Square (Czech: Betlemske namesti) in Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of several permanent exhibitions of the National Museum. The museum is situated in the former brewing and wine-making compound of U Halanku in the Prague Old Town.

Náprstek Museum

Náprstkovo muzeum
Main Building of Náprstek Museum
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Established	1874; 151 years ago (1874)
Location	Betlémské náměstí 1, Prague 1, Czech Republic, 110 00
Coordinates	50°05′02.58″N 14°24′59.20″E
Website	https://www.nm.cz/naprstkovo-muzeum-asijskych-africkych-a-americkych-kultur#novinky

History

Egyptian exhibition in Náprstek Museum

The museum, originally private, was founded in 1874^[1] by Czech national revivalist politician Vojtěch Náprstek in his former family brewery, as the Czech Industrial Museum. After his death the museum became the Ethnographic Museum, and since World War II it has been focused on non-European cultures.

In the 19th century the museum was one of the cultural and educational centres of the Czech intelligentsia. Much of its collection comes from Náprstek and his friends who were Czech expatriates, travellers and ethnographers. Only a part of the museum's large collection is available to the public.