Muzeum a archiv populární hudby
A Prague museum of Czech and Slovak pop music in the Kaštan cultural centre, with a display of electric guitars, an archive and short-term exhibitions.
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About the museum
Popmuseum is an independent association focused on Czech and Slovak popular music. It brings together people interested in material, sound, written, pictorial and audiovisual records of its history, and it seeks to replace at least some of the functions of a state museum and archive of popular music, which does not exist in the Czech Republic. It has been registered as a legal entity since 10 November 1998 and has been listed as an association since 2014.
Its seat and exhibition spaces are in the Kaštan cultural centre on Bělohorská Street in Břevnov, Prague. The collections and documents gathered by the association are stored in a depository in Horní Počernice, and researchers can consult them at the museum’s seat. The association also has a branch in Brno, Poparchiv, where an electronic archive was created and where gramophone records and sleeves are kept.
The permanent exhibition mainly presents electric guitars made in Czechoslovakia and selected keyboard instruments used in the former Czechoslovakia. Other rooms host short-term thematic exhibitions, which often extend into the entrance hall, the staircase and the bar on the first floor of Kaštan. Visitors can try interactive music software games, karaoke and playing real electric instruments. The museum also holds concerts, lectures and workshops.
Highlights
- Permanent exhibition of Czechoslovak electric guitars and selected keyboard instruments
- Archive, photo archive and library of music magazines, fanzines and festival programmes
- Interactive rehearsal room with electric instruments
- Short-term thematic exhibitions and accompanying programmes
- Interactive games and karaoke
Permanent exhibition
- Stálá expozice hudebních nástrojů – Exhibition of electric guitars made in Czechoslovakia and of selected keyboard instruments used in the former Czechoslovakia.
- Founded
- 1998
- Operated by
- Popmuseum, z. s.
- Visitors per year
- approx. 735
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 70 Kč |
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| Reduced | 50 Kčstudents and seniors from 63 years |
| Seniors | 50 KčFrom 63 years. |
| Students & apprentices | 50 Kč |
| Interactive rehearsal room (per hour) | 200 KčElectric guitars, bass, drums, keyboards and microphones; advance booking required. |
Visits outside opening hours and use of the rehearsal room must be booked in advance.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
- Hands-on stations
Visitors can try playing real electric instruments, singing into a microphone with a pre-recorded backing track, and interactive music games.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
U Kaštanu
Tram no. 22 or 25 to the U Kaštanu stop.
The museum is in the Kaštan cultural centre at Bělohorská 150, Praha 6.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Researchers can use the archive, databases, specialist magazines and recordings for on-site study during opening hours or by telephone arrangement. |
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