The National Gallery in Prague launched major exhibition projects in 2008 and presented a number of significant loans from foreign galleries (for example, a historic collection of world photography was shown in the Czech Republic for the first time) and, reciprocally, loaned its own artworks for projects in other countries. The list of 2008 exhibitions comprises almost thirty projects.

One of the National Gallery's priorities is to be an open institution, mediating for Czech and international visitors contact with artistic icons and lesser-known artworks that could not be publicly presented because of the oppressive totalitarian regime.

This year will be especially dedicated to changes related to relocating the permanent exhibitions.

The most important installation change will affect the Veletržní Palace, where a new exhibition was opened on the third and fourth floors on April 8, 2009.

Another major change, long under preparation, will be the opening of a new exhibition in the Kinský Palace in December. For this reason, the permanent exhibition The Landscape in Nineteenth-century Czech Art will close on Monday May 10, 2009. Now is the last chance to see this exhibit on the Palace's first floor. Admission to the exhibition will be free of charge until May 10, 2009.

The permanent exhibition of Asian Art (the Collection of Oriental Art of the National Gallery in Prague) will close on Monday July 6, 2009. That will be the last opening day for visitors and admission will be free. The chateau will be returned to its owner and the National Gallery will no longer be connected with it.

On December 11, 2009, visitors to the Kinský Palace will see a new exhibition called
Classical and Oriental Art

Information on the termination of Kinský Palace operation

Admission to the Palace's first floor is free until May 10, 2009, inclusive.

Opening hours of the new exhibition:
Daily except Mondays from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. (in line with the standard opening hours of all National Gallery in Prague permanent exhibitions)

Information on closure of the National Gallery in Prague's permanent exhibition at Zbraslav Chateau

National Gallery in Prague - Kinský Palace
Staroměstské nám. 12, Prague 1
Transport: subway Line A - station Staroměstská, subway Line B - station Můstek
Admission free

National Gallery in Prague - Zbraslav Chateau
Bartoňova, Prague 5

Admission fee: Permanent exhibition (including temporary exhibitions) - basic fee 80 CZK, reduced fee 40 CZK, family fee 120 CZK
(after 4 p.m. 40/20/60 CZK, respectively); exhibition only - basic fee 40 CZK, reduced fee 20 CZK, family fee 60 CZK

Transport:
Subway: B line - Smíchovské nádraží, and from there by bus No. 129, 241, 243, 314, 318 or 390. The name of the bus stop in Zbraslav is Zbraslavské náměstí. This stop is also accessible by bus No. 165 from Prague's Jižní Město and Radotín. Zbraslav can be reached by train from the Vršovice, Braník or Modřany railway stations or by car via Highway 4 or 101 (Strakonická street), Zbraslav exit. Parking is available on Zbraslav's main square.

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