From June 11, 2026 – The National Technical Museum opens the Postal Museum in Prague with new exhibitions.

The new exhibition “Technology in Postal Services, or the Postal Museum as Part of the National Technical Museum,” located on the ground floor of Vávra’s Mill, presents the interconnection between the history of postal services, telecommunications, and technological development in the Czech lands. Visitors will learn about the beginnings of radio broadcasting, the history and production of postage stamps, the development of the telegraph and telephone, and the transformation of postal transport from stagecoaches to airmail. The exhibition also addresses topics such as postal architecture and major technological innovations that significantly shaped communication in modern society. “The exhibition Technology in Postal Services was primarily prepared from the most interesting objects transferred from the Postal Museum collections to the National Technical Museum in 1955. It presents the postal service not only as an institution of everyday service, but also as a key driver of technological progress and cultural memory,” explained Jan Hosťák, curator at the National Technical Museum.

On display are, for example, the first commercially available Siemens telephones, the personal telephone of Archduke Franz Ferdinand d’Este from Konopiště Castle, some of the oldest preserved spark telegraph transmitters, various plaster models of not only postal buildings—such as a model of the Postal Cheque Office in Prague’s Wenceslas Square by František Roith—and models of means of transport illustrating the development of postal delivery.

On the first floor of the historic Vávra’s Mill, originally the residence of the miller Václav Michalovice, the National Technical Museum presents the exhibition “A Biedermeier Apartment with Wall Paintings by Josef Navrátil.” The preserved interior paintings from 1847 represent one of the most remarkable examples of middle-class culture of the Biedermeier period in Prague. Their author, the prominent Czech painter Josef Navrátil, was among the most sought-after artists of the first half of the 19th century. The historic salons are now complemented by period furnishings and a new intimate exhibition introducing Navrátil’s work in the Petrská quarter as well as the breadth of his artistic output.

The Postal Museum of the National Technical Museum in Prague will be open year-round from June 11, 2026, Tuesday to Sunday and on public holidays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Postal Museum of the National Technical Museum in Vyšší Brod, which is open during the summer season, will celebrate 50 years since the opening of its exhibitions this year.

Information about the Postal Museum of the National Technical Museum can be found on its website: http://www.postovnimuzeum.cz/