place

National Technical Museum (Prague)

Aerospace museums in the Czech RepublicMuseums in PragueRailway museums in the Czech RepublicScience museums in the Czech RepublicTechnology museums
Transport museums in the Czech Republic
Budova Národního technického muzea na Letné
Budova Národního technického muzea na Letné

The National Technical Museum (Czech: Národní technické muzeum) (NTM) in Prague is the largest institution dedicated to preserving information and artifacts related to the history of technology in the Czech Republic. The museum has large exhibits representing approximately 15% of its total collection. The museum also manages substantial archives consisting of approximately 3,500 linear shelf meters of archival material and about 250,000 books. The museum was founded in 1908 and has been in its current location (adjacent to Letná Park) since 1941.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article National Technical Museum (Prague) (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

National Technical Museum (Prague)
Kostelní, Prague Holešovice

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Phone number Website Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: National Technical Museum (Prague)Continue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 50.097247222222 ° E 14.424727777778 °
placeShow on map

Address

Národní technické muzeum

Kostelní 1320/42
170 00 Prague, Holešovice
Prague, Czechia
mapOpen on Google Maps

Phone number

call+420220399111

Website
ntm.cz

linkVisit website

Budova Národního technického muzea na Letné
Budova Národního technického muzea na Letné
Share experience

Nearby Places

Franz Joseph Bridge
Franz Joseph Bridge

Franz Joseph Bridge (Czech: Most Františka Josefa), later renamed Štefanik Bridge (Czech: Štefánikův most), was a suspension bridge over the Vltava in Prague, opened in 1868. The bridge was designed by the English engineer Rowland Mason Ordish. The design, which used the Ordish–Lefeuvre system, was originally created for the Albert Bridge over the River Thames in London. However, after construction of the Albert Bridge was delayed, Ordish decided to build a bridge in Prague first. The foundation stone was laid on 19 October 1865, and engineer František Schön was charged with supervising the construction work. Emperor Franz Joseph, after whom the bridge was named, attended the ceremonies for its opening on 13 May 1868.Much like its London counterpart, the Franz Joseph Bridge featured a combination of stay and suspension rods. The latter formed a cable which held the diagonal stay rods. The main span was 100 metres (330 feet) long and 9.76 metres (32.0 feet) wide, while the entire structure was over 240 metres (790 feet) long. The bridge was gradually strengthened and rebuilt in the 1890s.In 1919, following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and its monarchy, the Franz Joseph Bridge was renamed in honour of the Slovak politician and astronomer Milan Rastislav Štefánik. In the 1930s, the bridge could no longer bear the increasing traffic in Czechoslovakia's capital, and the authorities began considering its replacement. It was named after the Czech composer Leoš Janáček for a short period in the 1940s. The bridge was demolished in 1941 and replaced with a reinforced concrete one named after the communist activist Jan Šverma in 1951. In 1997, the new bridge was renamed the Štefánik Bridge.