The Museum of Communism in Czech Republic ( cs, Muzeum komunismu), located at V Celnici 4 in

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, is a museum dedicated to presenting an account of the post–World War II

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regime in

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in general and Prague in particular. The Museum of Communism offers an immersive look at life behind the

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. Genuine artifacts, interviews, archive photographs, artworks, historical documents and large scale installations that bring an entire chapter of history to life.

History

The museum was founded by Glenn Spicker, an American businessman and former student of politics, who spent $28,000 on buying 1000 artifacts and commissioned documentary filmmaker Jan Kaplan to design the museum. According to Kaplan, he created a three-act tragedy in displays of the ideals of communism, the reality of poor life under the regime, and the nightmare of a police state. It includes rooms depicting a schoolroom, a shop with limited supplies and a secret police interrogation room."Red revival"
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The gallery
is devoted to providing a timeline of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, the main medium is the use of colors, the excessive use of white, black, and red provide the museum a perfect communist ambiance, written descriptions in Czech and English language supported by red, and black artwork is there to explain to the audience what it was to live under communism regime, communist law and order, education system, trade and business all has been provided in written and pictorial form.

Gallery

File:Praha Nove Mesto V celnici 4 Muzeum komunismu.jpg, Entrance from Náměstí republiky (2022) File:Museum of Communism Entrance 2.jpg, Entrance within the Savarin Palace (2016) File:Museum of Communism School 1.jpg, Schoolroom display, with child in Pioneer outfit (state youth movement) File:Museum of Communism Shop 1.jpg, Grocery shop with limited goods File:Museum of Communism Posters 1.jpg, Posters showing the good life File:Museum of Communism (17124068557).jpg,

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statue and the

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flag File:Museum of Communism, Czech Republic.jpg, various artifacts

References

{{Authority control Museums in Prague Anti-communism in the Czech Republic History museums in the Czech Republic 2001 establishments in the Czech Republic

21st-century architecture in the Czech Republic