Prague - Arts & Entertainment - Museums
A walk through this museum is a truly sensory experience and I can't praise the place highly enough. When you enter, you are advised to 'follow the music' as you follow the path of Kafka's life. Each phase has a different feel and a different presentation and portrayal in the museum.
The 'tour' starts with -
Oh. I've just realised that I can't go into any detail about the content of the museum without spoiling it for any new visitors. I would have hated to have known what was coming as I walked around the exhibits and installations of the Kafka Museum as each was so different from the next that it was a journey of discovery and joy that a visit should be experienced fresh. No two rooms are the same and you really don't know what to expect around each corner. It's very inventive.
Just to say that there's a wonderful mix of imagery, photos, installations, use of mirrors and props, projections etc., as well as lots of old photos, books, clips and diary extracts. I would advise any visitor to read the extracts from a letter that Kafka wrote to his father. They give such an insight into Kafka's character and inner turmoil.
I found some of the content of the exhbition inspiring and educating and some were darkly funny while other elements were poigniant and sad. Especially reading about some of his friends and former lovers who died in the Nazi 'death camps'.
If you are planning a trip to Prague and want more than Pilsner and Pork Knuckles, please please please please please visit the Kafka Museum. You won't regret it.
Plus, there are two men going pee-pee on the Czech Republic right outside!
(OK, it's a sculpture. Ask the lovely young guys in the shop about it. It's by David Cerny - the same guy who was recently comissioned to create a map of Europe to demonstrate that we have all put our petty squables to bed and can laugh at each other. He depicted Germany as a swastica made up of roads, France has the word 'Strike' written on it and the UK isn't on the map at all as we are completely inconsequential in Eruope. I love it, but it has caused quite a stir across Europe!
Check out my review of Kafka museum - I am Tommowinnie - on Qype
A walk through this museum is a truly sensory experience and I can't praise the place highly enough. When you enter, you are advised to 'follow the music' as you follow the path of Kafka's life. Each phase has a different feel and a different presentation and portrayal in the museum.
The 'tour' starts with -
Oh. I've just realised that I can't go into any detail about the content of the museum without spoiling it for any new visitors. I would have hated to have known what was coming as I walked around the exhibits and installations of the Kafka Museum as each was so different from the next that it was a journey of discovery and joy that a visit should be experienced fresh. No two rooms are the same and you really don't know what to expect around each corner. It's very inventive.
Just to say that there's a wonderful mix of imagery, photos, installations, use of mirrors and props, projections etc., as well as lots of old photos, books, clips and diary extracts. I would advise any visitor to read the extracts from a letter that Kafka wrote to his father. They give such an insight into Kafka's character and inner turmoil.
I found some of the content of the exhbition inspiring and educating and some were darkly funny while other elements were poigniant and sad. Especially reading about some of his friends and former lovers who died in the Nazi 'death camps'.
If you are planning a trip to Prague and want more than Pilsner and Pork Knuckles, please please please please please visit the Kafka Museum. You won't regret it.
Plus, there are two men going pee-pee on the Czech Republic right outside!
(OK, it's a sculpture. Ask the lovely young guys in the shop about it. It's by David Cerny - the same guy who was recently comissioned to create a map of Europe to demonstrate that we have all put our petty squables to bed and can laugh at each other. He depicted Germany as a swastica made up of roads, France has the word 'Strike' written on it and the UK isn't on the map at all as we are completely inconsequential in Eruope. I love it, but it has caused quite a stir across Europe!
Check out my review of Kafka museum - I am Tommowinnie - on Qype
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