Prague's Alternative Face: The Plastic People of the Univers

While Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, and the Astronomical Clock (the oldest still-functioning one in the world) dominate postcards, and Kafka or the Little Mole charm visitors,🪶 here’s a deeper dive into the city’s lesser-known soul: 1. Mucha Museum 📖 Prep Tip: Read The Master of Art Nouveau: Alphonse Mucha—it covers most works displayed. 🎨 Legacy: Mucha, a Czech Art Nouveau icon, rose to fame with posters for Parisian star Sarah Bernhardt. 🌄His Slav Epic (20+ years in the making) was his pride, but don’t miss: 2. Dvořák Statue 🎶 Soundtrack: His Humoresque and New World Symphony are essentials. 🔪 Backstory: Trained as a butcher (license and all!) before Brahms discovered him. 📣 Later hailed as the "Savior of American Music" during his U.S. teaching stint. 4. Speculum Alchemiae Museum ⚗️ Emperor Rudolf II’s Obsession: His reign saw 8 secret alchemy labs (like this one) hidden beneath apothecaries. 🔮 Global Alchemy: From transmuting metals to elixirs of immortality, ⛺️ it thrived in Europe till the 1800s—even Jung studied it academically.🧭 5. National Museum’s Curiosities ✨ Highlights: 🌈Astrological manuscripts ⛺️Bohemia’s version of the Siren myth ⛺️Fluorescent minerals 🌈Bizarre specimens (kangaroos, arctic foxes, even a scallop spirit!) #PragueUnseen #CzechRepublic #Alchemy #MuseumHops