The exhibition "PETROF 160 – Piano as a Technical Masterpiece" was created on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the founding of the company, which is one of the most significant European manufacturers of acoustic pianos and grand pianos. It is a joint contribution of the National Technical Museum and the PETROF company to this year's Czech Music Year.
The exhibition vividly and clearly showcases the development and technical capabilities of the indigenous peoples of the island of Taiwan, who for centuries have been shaped by their environment of sea and mountains.
The exhibition, located within the "Medieval Construction Machines" display, is the result of many years of work by experts and students from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University (CTU). From a large collection of models of medieval buildings, those constructions initiated by Charles IV were selected.
The exhibition was created on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography, and Cartography (VÚGTK), a public research institution. Through texts, visual materials, and displays of instruments and tools from the development workshops of VÚGTK, it presents the history and current work of this public research institution, whose societal contributions are extraordinary.
The National Technical Museum commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with the exhibition "Ladislav Sitenský — The Road to Freedom", which is open to the public from May 7, 2025.
A small exhibition presents a significant item from the NTM collection, which is registered in the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register.
The exhibition, created in collaboration between the National Technical Museum (NTM) and the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague, presents the construction boom of the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.
The new exhibition Motorcycles ČZ with a Story presents two dozen motorcycles of the ČZ brand. ČZ brand motorcycles were produced in series for 65 years.
The exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of the achievement that made Czechoslovakia only the eighth country in the world capable of producing mechanical wristwatches on an industrial scale.
