Muzeum PRE
The technical museum of Prague's energy industry, in the grounds of a substation in Holešovice, maps the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. Entry is free, by arrangement.
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Over het museum
The technical and documentation museum of Prague's energy industry was opened by Pražská energetika in 1997. For its first eleven years it was located in Novovysočanská Street, and in that time several thousand visitors saw the exhibition. During the reorganisation of the PRE group in 2008 it moved to the grounds of the 110 kV substation in Holešovice, and in its new premises it opened to the public at the turn of 2008 and 2009.
The collection numbers over seven hundred exhibits and is still growing. They include the founding charter of the Electric Enterprises of the Capital City of Prague from 1897, a letter from Thomas A. Edison from 1929, a handwritten physics textbook from 1900, a coin-operated electricity meter from 1938, and a marble control panel from the Jih substation from 1929. Also of interest is a suitcase with the medical device Ozonit, which appeared in the film Postřižiny.
In 2012 a new exhibition was set up in part of the former extra-high-voltage switchgear room. Beside a modern switchgear stands a glass window onto one bay of the original 110 kV switchgear, with sections through its components. At the turn of 2019 and 2020 the museum underwent a major reconstruction: it received air conditioning, new LED lighting, shelving for historical electrical appliances, and a projection room for 40 people. The exhibition, covering almost 800 m², documents the electrification of Prague from the beginning of the 20th century to the present.
Hoogtepunten
- History of the production, transmission and distribution of electricity in Prague from the early 20th century
- A bay of the original 110 kV switchgear next to a modern switchgear
- Marble control panel from the Jih substation, dating from 1929
- Landis & Gyr coin-operated electricity meter from 1938
- Collection of historical electrical appliances and illuminated models of distribution networks
Vaste collectie
- Expozice pražské energetiky – The exhibition, covering almost 800 m², shows equipment for extra-high, high and low voltage, measuring instruments, historical electrical appliances and documents on the electrification of Prague.
- Opgericht
- 1997
- Beheerder
- Pražská energetika, a. s. (skupina PRE)
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
Toegankelijkheid
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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Nádraží Holešovice · 200 m
Metro line C to Nádraží Holešovice station. The museum is about 200 m from the station, and the entrance is from Vrbenského Street.
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Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja · duur ca. 2 uur |
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| Goed om te weten | A guided tour with expert commentary lasts about two hours. The booking contacts (telephone +420 267 052 315, mobile +420 703 848 771, email muzeum@pre.cz) are for museum visits only; the telephone is generally available only on visiting days. Each June the museum takes part in the Prague Museum Night (Pražská muzejní noc). |
