Muchovo Muzeum (Mucha Museum)
This intimate museum is devoted exclusively to the work of the renowned art nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. Czech Republic’s answer to Toulouse Lautrec, Mucha is most famous for the posters he designed for theatre productions starring the great fin-de-siecle actress Sarah Bernhardt, and much of his work on exhibit here, epitomises the art nouveau aesthetic. It is a relatively small museum, but the collection includes phenomenal paintings, posters, sketches, statues and photographs by the artist, and also features Mucha’s lesser-known works celebrating pan-Slavism, as well as a recreation of his Paris studio. Guided tours are available and there’s a pleasant terrace cafè worth visiting too.
