Prague is called ‘the city of a hundred spires’. Now it has around 500, in fact. Gothic, Renaissance, baroque, rococo, art nouveau and cubist styles sit here side by side, creating an aesthetic and cohesive unit. You can find here tens of museums, which hold the spirit of Prague and its history.
The Jewish Museum
For example the Jewish Museum has one of the most extensive collections of Judaic art and culture in the world. It is unique not only in terms of the number of its exhibits, but because they are from a single territory (Bohemia and Moravia), presenting an integrated picture of Jewish life and history in this region. The exhibitions of the museum are in six historic locations; the Maisel Synagogue, Spanish Synagogue, Pinkas Synagogue, the Old Jewish Cemetery, Klausen Synagogue and the Ceremonial Hall.
The Old Jewish Cemetery
The Old Jewish Cemetery was established in the first half of the fifteenth century, with the oldest surviving tombstone marking the grave of the poet and scholar Avigdor Karo who died in 1439. The cemetery was in use until 1787 and contains almost 12,000 tombstones, although many more burials took place on the site in successive layers.
The Museum of the City of Prague
If you want to know something more about the city Prague, you should visit the Museum of the City of Prague. The museum's permanent collection documents the history of the city from its foundation in the ninth century to the present day. The most famous exhibit is a 20-square-foot (two square-metres) model of Prague constructed over an eleven-year period in the early nineteenth century by Antonin Langweil, which provides visitors with a glimpse of the beautiful, inaccessible architecture that is hidden behind high walls.
The National Museum
The National Museum stands in the centre at the top of Wenceslas Square and contains extensive collections of prehistoric artefacts, mineralogy and petrology, palaeontology, zoology and anthropology. The permanent exhibition of the Prehistory of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia is divided into two sections. One depicts the concurrent development of the varied cultures in the area and the other contains archaeological discoveries and models of fortified dwellings and ritual burials.
The Department of Zoology has more than 5000 creatures exhibited, including a giant sea sponge from Java, the world's largest-known butterfly and a varied collection of shells from the giant clam to the sea mollusc.
In Prague you can find a lot of more museums, it is up to you, what you are interested in. Enjoy your stay in Prague.
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