Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American CulturesStaré Město

Vojta Náprstek Reloaded

Now showing17 April 2026 – 2 January 2028Kč 140

Over 420 artifacts mark the 200th anniversary of founder Vojta Náprstek's birth, exploring his life, American travels and role as a champion of technological progress and women's rights.

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One wall has a listening window. Through it, men could follow the lectures of the American Ladies' Club, which Náprstek founded so women could get an education, without seeing who was inside. The club met here, in the U Halánků house, and this show marks 200 years since he was born in Prague as Adalbert Fingerhut.

About 420 objects fill several rooms on the first floor. You get the bison-calf robe from his 1856 trip to the Dakota, the household gadgets he demonstrated to Praguers, from an early washing machine to a Papin pressure cooker, and things sent home by travellers such as Emil Holub. You can sniff the "smell of the U Halánků house" and play Náprstek's "life game", and kids can try Sokol exercises: he was Sokol's first chairman.

It ends with the urns of Vojta and Josefa Náprstek, placed here because neither wanted to be buried. Entry is the museum's regular ticket, 140 CZK (100 CZK reduced), and under-15s go free with an adult.

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The listening window
Look for the opening in one wall where men could hear the American Ladies' Club lectures without seeing the women inside.
The bison-calf robe
A robe made from a bison calf's hide, part of the Dakota collection Náprstek brought back from his 1856 trip, one of Europe's key groups of Sioux objects.
The household gadgets
An early washing machine and a Papin pressure cooker, novelties Náprstek demonstrated to Prague as the modern way to run a home.
The Náprstek urns
The last installation holds the urns of Vojta and Josefa Náprstek, set out as they once stood in the building, because both wanted to stay in their museum.