Prague Museum – House at the Golden Ring — Local services in Prague

You will never look at Charles square the same way. I’ve found the museum very interesting and very engaging. Not at all a series of boring artefacts, but a lot of videos, models and projection, or a mix of the three. The name of the museum is confusing though as the main museum of the city of Prague is in Florenc and closed temporarily. Whereas on the 1st floor was the main exhibition “In the footsteps of Charles IV,”, on the basement was also a very interesting exhibition about Jaroslav Foglar, a famous Czech writer for children and the exhibition was reconstituting the Prague streets and atmosphere described in his books. You also see references to comics Jan Fischer drew from his books. This exhibition, unlike the first one, isn’t English friendly but you can ask for the 2 printed sheets explaining...

First, this place needs a better sign, I think it would get more visitors with simple clear signs. We came to see it and even knowing it was there, we thought it might be the wrong door or closed for visitors.

That being said, it is wonderful and worth your time if you are interested in how the city came to be. The animated artist rendering of the city is flat out incredible. You can stare at it for a long time and find neat things going on within it, really well done. Other media presentations are good as well and so a really good job of illustrating the city and its growth, all really well planned and executed presentations. Friendly staff are happy to have visitors, and numerous other exhibits continue to be interesting. Includes multiple languages including...

Jedinečný goticko-renesanční dům se zachovanými fragmenty pozdně gotických nástěnných maleb je od roku 2016 ve správě Muzea hlavního města Prahy. Počátky stavby souvisí s její polohou v těsném sousedství Týnského dvora. V místech, kde dům stojí, byl původně obraný příkop Ungeltu. Ve 13. století byl příkop zasypán a na jeho místě vznikla ohradní zeď, jejíž zbytky s dochovanými střílnami se dodnes nachází v interiéru domu. Dnešní podobu získal dům v druhé polovině 15. století, kdy došlo ke stavebnímu spojení dvou starších objektů. Z té doby se zachovala dvojice raně gotických sklepů, datovaných do druhé třetiny 13. století. První písemná zmínka o domě pochází z roku 1402, v roce 1429 je poprvé zmiňován jako dům U Zlatého prstenu (ad aureum anulum). Významnou přestavbou prošel dům kolem roku 1609, kdy byl navýšen o jedno podlaží. Muzeum v domě U Zlatého prstenu otevřelo 13. prosince 2016 stálou expozici v rámci oslav sedmistého výročí narození Karla IV. s názvem Praha Karla IV. – velkolepé staveniště Evropy.

The unique Gothic-Renaissance house with preserved fragments of late Gothic wall paintings is managed by the Museum of the City of Prague from 2016. The beginning of the building are related to it´s location in the immediate vicinity of the Tynský court. In places where the house stands, it was originally the defensive moat of Ungelt. In the 13th century, the ditch was covered and a fencing wall was built in it´s place, the remnants of which is preserved together with loopholes still in the interior of the house. Today's house was built in the second half of the 15th century, when two older buildings were joined. Since then, a pair of Early Gothic cellars dating back to the second third of the 13th century have been preserved. The first written mention of the house dates back to 1402 and it is first mentioned as the House of the Golden Ring (ad aureum anulum) in 1429. An important reconstruction passed the house around 1609, when it was increased by one storey. The Museum at the House of the Golden Ring opened a permanent exhibition on 13 December 2016 as part of the celebrations of the seventh anniversary of the birth of Charles IV. It is called Prague Charles IV. - a magnificent building...