Dům U Černé Matky Boží

Over het museum

The House U Černé Matky Boží was designed in 1912 by the 31-year-old architect Josef Gočár for the builder Josef Herbst as a department store. The building, on the corner of Celetná Street and Ovocný trh, replaced a Baroque house and is among the most important works of Czech cubist architecture; it is considered the first cubist house in Prague. It takes its name from a Baroque statue of the Black Madonna with Child from the 17th century, which was moved to the corner of the new building during the reconstruction.

The department store operated only until 1922, after which the interiors were adapted into offices. A thorough reconstruction took place in 1993–1994 to a design by Karel Prager, and in 2002 a café opened on the ground floor. Since 1 July 2010 the house has been a national cultural monument.

The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague rents four floors above the café. The permanent exhibition Czech Cubism is on the second and third floors; another floor is used for short-term themed exhibitions, and the top floor for educational programmes for schools and the public, for example art workshops.

Hoogtepunten

• Cubist building by Josef Gočár from 1912
• Permanent exhibition Czech Cubism on the second and third floors
• Baroque statue of the Black Madonna on the corner of the house
• National cultural monument since 2010
• Museum Shop Modernista on the ground floor

Vaste collectie

• Český kubismus – The permanent exhibition on the second and third floors presents Czech cubism in architecture, furniture and applied art.

Beheerder

Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Tickets are sold at the ticket office and online through GoOut, where a fee of CZK 15 is charged. Free entry for holders of AMG, ICOM and NPÚ cards and for members of the Art History Society.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

According to the museum, the building is step-free and has a lift. An accessible toilet in the exhibition is available on request.

Kinderen & gezin

Children under 15 enter free; on the top floor there are art workshops and programmes for schools.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The building stands on the corner of Celetná Street and Ovocný trh in the Old Town. The museum gives no information about parking.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel

There is a café on the ground floor, which the museum does not operate. The Museum Shop Modernista (phone +420 725 038 628) offers publications and design objects.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

The museum publishes information on renting its spaces in a PDF document on its website.

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