The villa in Stromovka will open to the large public

The villa in the ‘tree park’ Stromovka in Prague has been used as the seat for the department of newspapers and journals since 1946. The National Museum which administer the villa wants to open the villa to the large public, for the first time.

The villa is decorated with inner windows from the times of Jagiellonian Gothic. Such windows can be found nowadays only in the Vladislav Hall at Prague Castle. Unfortunately, the interiors of the villa are closed to the public.

It’s not clear what purposes the villa will serve. There might be a museum of Czech theatre or a museum presenting the development of journalism in Czech lands. The department of newspapers and journals will be moved into the present building of the Radio Free Europe in the Wenceslas Square. But everything might take several years.