Older news For the duration of the XXII Winter Olympic games in Sochi, the National Technical Museum will have displayed in its vestibule the Olympic torch, ignited at the North Pole, an Olympic commemorative stamp issued in the Czech Republic and supplementary equipment of the Czech Olympic team.  The traditional Czech Grand Design exhibition is open in the National Technical Museum. We present design work nominated in 2013 in the following categories: Designer of the Year, Fashion Designer of the Year, Jewelry Designer of the Year, Graphic Designer of the Year and Photographer of the Year. During the exhibition's opening ceremony, the Czech Academy of Design announced the finalists, from which the winners will be selected and awarded their prizes during the gala ceremony in The Estates Theatre on March 9th. As is customary, visitors may vote for their favorites, in the Public Acclaim category. Ballots may be handed in at the museum exhibition.  24. 12. – Tu– closed  A significant chapter in the history domestic automobile production was written in automobile Praga, ie in the automotive department of Prague's largest engineering group, which in turn carried the names of the first českomoravská machine factory in Prague, Czech-Moravian-Kolben as Moravian-and-Kolben Danek SpA The automaker, based in Prague-Liben formed in the period before World War II, along with factories Laurin & Klement - Škoda Mladá Boleslav and NW - Tatra Kopřivnice "Big Three" domestic automakers. In the second half of the twenties and late thirties Praga even been the best selling car in the domestic market. Production of passenger cars Praga ended World War II. After the year 1947, under the brand Praga manufactured only trucks. Exhibition of winning books from 2012 and a selection of award-winning books from 2009-2011 The National Technical Museum presents in its permanent Printing exhibition, the new exhibit "The most beautiful Czech books of 2012". The exhibit contains award-winning books from the 48th year of the competition, selected from 230 titles, submitted by 125 publishers, and 40 titles from 6 art schools. The primary criteria of the competition was harmony among all artistic elements of the book, with respect to adhering to the book's theme. The competition was divided into six categories: children's literature, textbooks, art books, picture books, catalogs and textbooks, and professional and scientific literature. The exhibit is a cooperative venture between the National Technical Museum and the Museum of Czech Literature.  In 2009, in the 3rd floor respirium of the National Technical Museum, a fountain was unveiled from the glass exposition of the Czechoslovakian pavilion in the EXPO 58 World Fair in Brussels, completely reconstructed with financial support from the Integrated System of Cultural Heritage Preservation, of the Czech Ministry of Culture. Currently, the Small Gallery of the exposition of Architecture, Construction and Design contains an exhibition commemorating the 85th birthday of academic painter Dana Hlobilová, who designed the fountain 55 years ago.  The antique motorcycle club OGAR and the National Technical Museum have teamed up to assemble an exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Ogar motorcycle brand. In the Transportation Hall, there are thirty Ogar brand motorcycles, documenting the noteworthy history of this Prague manufacturer.  Guided tours of the Coal and Ore Mine exhibition will be again available from 7th September 2021.  Honored visitors, The National Technical Museum has prepared for you four new exhibits: Mining, Metallurgical History, Intercamera and Technology in Toys. Starting October 9th, 2013, you have the opportunity to visit twelve unique permanent exhibitions. During your visit, you may also enter the ore- and coal-mine exhibits.  This exhibition summarizes 160 years of Prague's firefighters. We will show you it's most important moments in fotogaphies, movies, dates and real items. Fireman's figth with all four elements. Fire is in the exhibition presented by the famous fires (National Theatre, Exhibition Palace, Palace of Industry, Florenc). Earth and water are the main concern for special forces firefighters - divers, chemists and USAR team. The last element - air - symbolizes the exhibition hanging mannequin climber with the panel, which shows the work of the past and present.
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