Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, or Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze (UPM), is housed in a Neo-Renaissance building erected between 1897 and 1899 and opened in 1900. Its core mission is to collect and preserve Czech applied arts from the Middle Ages to today, with a particular emphasis on glassmaking, textiles, and design innovation. The museum’s permanent presentation, including the celebrated Stories of Materials, guides visitors through the history and development of decorative arts across disciplines such as glass, ceramics, metalwork, wood, textiles, and fashion, along with jewellery, clocks, and furniture. Founded in 1885 within the Austro-Hungarian era, the institution grew from a national impulse to elevate craft into a public cultural resource, aligning function, quality, and beauty. …
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