NATIONAL GALLERY (NÁRODNÍ GALLERY)
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For the collections and temporary exhibitions as well as for the building itself, don't miss this visit!
The Czech National Museum is housed in the remarkable Veletržní Palace, built between 1925 and 1928 by Oldřich Tyl and Josef Fuchs. On the day of its inauguration, it became the largest building in the world (140 m long and 80 m wide) and the first functionalist public architecture in Europe. Le Corbusier came in person to admire this jewel. The building, converted into offices in 1950, was completely destroyed by fire in 1974. The palace, rebuilt to Miroslav Masák's design, reopened its doors in 1995. It's hard to describe this museum in just one word... Well, you could say: spectacular!
The palace hosts temporary exhibitions as well as part of the National Gallery's collections, some of which are only there temporarily, until the other sites under construction are completed and the collections as a whole can be reorganized. For the time being, the Palais des Foires will house the Asian collections and part of the Prague Pinakothek, including numerous works by artists of the 1900-1930 period (Picasso, Rodin, Manes...). A large part of the permanent exhibition is devoted to the first Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938), with numerous works by artists of the period, as well as a wealth of testimonials, posters and advertisements from that not-so-distant era. Temporary exhibitions and the architecture of the building itself are also well worth a visit.
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