{"id":1455,"date":"2017-10-20T11:04:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/subdom\/mk\/subdom\/mk\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:19:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<img\n\tclass=\"c-stamp not-prose wp-block-acf-stamp\"\tsrc=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img-stamp-en.svg\"\n\talt=\"\"\n\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\twidth=\"140\"\n\theight=\"140\"\n\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\/>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-intro not-prose has-rail has-rail--red c-intro--about align wp-block-acf-page-intro\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-head.png)\">\n\t<div class=\"c-intro__body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">museum of communism<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The museum provides a suggestive view of the following aspects of life in Communist-era Czechoslovakia: daily life, politics, history, sports, economics, education, art (specifically Socialist Realism), propaganda in the media, the People\u2019s Militias, the army, the police (including the secret police, the StB), censorship, and courts and other institutes of repression, including show trials and political labor camps during the Stalinist era. It focuses in particular on the totalitarian regime that ruled the country from the February putsch in 1948 until the Velvet Revolution in 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-about-main not-prose has-rail has-rail--red align wp-block-acf-about-main\">\n\t<div class=\"c-about-main__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"c-about-main__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-about-main__illustration\" data-parallax=\"1.25\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-about-main__text c-prose\"><p>Housed in a space of nearly 1,500 m2, the museum provides visitors with an authentic feel of the era that is enhanced by the incorporation of short videos, posters, and artifacts. The exhibit includes interestingly designed spaces, where visitors can walk through mock-ups of a shock worker\u2019s workshop, a school classroom, a child\u2019s bedroom, and an interrogation room. We have also selected interesting items from our vast collection of materials that illustrate what daily life under Communism was like. Everything is described on 62 panels divided into thematic sections, which are enriched with a great amount of photographic material from the Archive of the Czech News Agency, the Security Services Archive, the Archive of the Association of Forced Military Camp Laborers, and the personal collections of leading Czech photographers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-about-main__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-about-main__media-heading\">Partner of exhibition<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"c-about-main__logos\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shape-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-map not-prose has-rail align wp-block-acf-museum-map\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-map__heading\"><span>Museum map<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-map__controls-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-map__controls\" role=\"tablist\" aria-label=\"Museum floors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"map-1-tab-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"map-1-panel-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-selected=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"c-map__tab is-active\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Main Area, 1st floor<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"map-1-tab-1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"map-1-panel-1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"c-map__tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Balcony, 2nd floor<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"c-map__panels\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid=\"map-1-panel-0\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"map-1-tab-0\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"c-map__panel is-active\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1798\" height=\"1095\" src=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mapa-1patro.png\" class=\"c-map__plan\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mapa-1patro.png 1798w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mapa-1patro-600x365.png 600w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mapa-1patro-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mapa-1patro-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mapa-1patro-1024x624.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1798px) 100vw, 1798px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"c-map__legend\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-map__legend-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"c-map__legend-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"c-map__legend-swatch\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-color:#00b0ef\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe dream\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-map__legend-text\">The birth of Czechoslovakia, Munich Agreement, Victorious February<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-map__legend-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"c-map__legend-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"c-map__legend-swatch\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-color:#b52b2b\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treality\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-map__legend-text\">Nationalization, Communist Propaganda, The Socialist Shop, The Secret Police<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-map__legend-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"c-map__legend-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"c-map__legend-swatch\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-color:#4f4f4f\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE NIGHTMARE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-map__legend-text\">Political Trials, Labor Camps, August 1968 \u2013 Occupation, The Velvet Revolution<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-map__note\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-map__note-icon\"><svg class=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><g transform=\"translate(0, 480) scale(1, -1)\"><path d=\"M254 0c-138 0-254 116-254 258 0 141 116 254 254 254 139 0 255-116 255-254 0-139-113-258-255-258z m0 480c-122 0-222-100-222-222 0-123 100-223 222-223 123 0 223 100 223 223 3 122-97 222-223 222z m-16-190l32 0 0-158-32 0z m45 55c0-17-13-29-29-29-16 0-29 12-29 29 0 16 13 29 29 29 16-4 29-17 29-29\" \/><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Total exhibition area 1500m2<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid=\"map-1-panel-1\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"map-1-tab-1\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"c-map__panel\"\n\t\t\t\thidden\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/map2.png\" class=\"c-map__plan\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/map2.png 1800w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/map2-600x367.png 600w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/map2-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/map2-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/map2-1024x626.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-parts not-prose has-rail has-rail--red align wp-block-acf-about-parts\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-parts__heading\">The museum also includes<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"c-parts__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-parts__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-parts__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-parts__image\" data-parallax=\"1.25\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-2-600x390.jpg 600w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-2-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-parts__text c-prose\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>shop<\/h3>\n<p>You will find a shop in the museum where you can purchase a wide array of items: books, posters, postcards, t-shirts, mugs, coasters, magnets, badges, medals, and much more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-parts__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-parts__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-parts__image\" data-parallax=\"1.25\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-3.jpg 722w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-3-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/about-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-parts__text c-prose\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>cinema<\/h3>\n<p>You will even find a cinema in the museum, where at regular intervals (every 20 minutes) you can watch A Time of Shame, Silence, and Hope, a documentary film by Josef C\u00edsa\u0159ovsk\u00fd about the period from 1969 to 1989.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-parts__people c-prose\"><p><strong>Operated by<\/strong><br \/> Legacy s.r.o., V celnici 1031\/4, 110 00 Praha 1<br \/> I\u010cO: 26482142<\/p>\n<p><strong>credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exhibition curators: Alexandr Kor\u00e1b, Dana Kyndrov\u00e1 (images)<br \/> Texts: Tom\u00e1\u0161 Carba, Alexandr Kor\u00e1b<br \/> Architectural design: Miroslav Vav\u0159ina<br \/> Graphic design: Neil Johnston, Jaime Mandelbaum<br \/> Video: Carlos Baer<br \/> Exhibition producers: Jana \u010cepi\u010dkov\u00e1, \u017daneta V\u00e1vrov\u00e1<br \/> Copy editing: Pearl Harris, Mark\u00e9ta Hub\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1<br \/> Translation: Pavel Ho\u0159\u00e1k, Nicholas Orsillo<br \/> Construction: CBRE s.r.o., MTMCO s.r.o.<br \/> Installation: Artelo \u2013 Ji\u0159\u00ed Leubner<br \/> Lighting: Kub\u011bnsk\u00fd spol. s r.o<br \/> Framing: R\u00e1my pasparty s.r.o.<br \/> Printing: Signpek s.r.o.<\/p>\n<p>Artifacts on loan from the Department of Documentation and History of the Prison Services of the Czech Republic \u2013\u2013 PhDr. Ale\u0161 K\u00fdr and Alena Kafkov\u00e1<\/p>\n<p>Photographic material provided by: Security Services Archive, Archive of the Czech News Agency, J. Bart\u016f\u0161ek, J. \u010cejka, B. Dobrovolsk\u00fd, P. Hn\u011bvkovsk\u00fd, B. Holom\u00ed\u010dek, V. Chochola, T. Honty, M. Hucek, L. Kotek, D. Kyndrov\u00e1, L. Kyndrov\u00e1, V. Lammer, O. N\u011bmec, M. Novotn\u00fd, D. S\u00fdkorov\u00e1, H. \u0160ib\u00edk, V. Va\u0161k\u016f, J. V\u0161ete\u010dka, M. W\u00e1gner, M. Zaj\u00edc<\/p>\n<p>Audiovisual materials provided by the Archive of Czech Television<\/p>\n<p>The Security Services Archives of the Czech Republic is the partner of this new exhibition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1344,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1455","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1623,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1455\/revisions\/1623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzeumkomunismu.youcare.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}