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In Dům u Osla u kolébky (House of the Donkey by the Crib), where the famous alchemist Edward Kelley reputedly resided during the reign of Rudolf II, a Museum of Alchemists and Magi of Old Prague has been opened.

Daughters of Prague is the name of the project that commemorates 130th year since the foundation of the Museum of Prague.

An exhibition entitled Saint Agnes of Bohemia – Princess and Nun will open at the end of November in the Convent of Saint Agnes of Bohemia. Visitors to the exhibition will learn about St. Agnes, one of the greatest Czech personalities, who contributed to the foundation of the first network of social services in Bohemia. The exhibition will show liturgical objects, documents and period works of art with the theme of St. Agnes. The most precious exhibit will be an original head of a column with the very first representation of this prominent Czech saint.

In the now traditional venue of Karolinum the best of photography from the World Press Photo competition will be on display until 9th October.

A new permanent exhibition on Prague’s funicular railways can be seen free of charge in the upper station on Petřín hill. Among other things it marks the 120th anniversary of the start of the funicular railways at Petřín and Letná.

An exhibition entitled “The Beauty of Butterfly Wings” in the new building of the National Museum presents the world of butterflies and destroys a number of myths.

This year Prague Public Transport Museum is open to the public until 17th November. Hidden deep inside the Prague tram depot of Střešovice is a unique collection of items from the history of public transport. There are, for example, more than forty historical vehicles including horse drawn vehicles from 1886, trams from the sixties to trams from Nostalgia Line n.91 which can take the summer visitors to the capital city’s centre.

Since the re-opening in February, there has been a steady flow of visitors to the National Technical Museum.

An exhibition mapping Riga’s Art-Nouveau architecture is held until the beginning of July in Škoda Palace at the Prague City Development Infocentre. The exhibition displays large photographs with both whole buildings and details including interiors and ground plans of some thirty buildings built between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century in the Latvian capital.