Prague is a city with what seems like hundreds of museums. There are the standard national galleries and museums devoted to transportation, industrial innovation and history that you would find in any capitol city.
There is a museum for Prague's native son, the author Franz Kafka, and Czech composers Dvorak and Smetana, but there are also many quirky museums. There is the Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague, a Museum of Sex Machines, and much much more. So many museums, so little time.
There is however, one quirky museum that I found hard to resist (surprisingly Tammy felt otherwise). It is 'The Karl Zeman Museum of film Special Effects'.
Karl Zeman was a world renowned Czech filmmaker who pioneered the use of puppetry, animation and live action in the 1940's and 1950's, won many awards and inspired many contemporary filmmakers like Terry Gillian (Monty Python animator) and Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands).
Many of the Zeman films are Jules Verne adaptations (think steampunk) and fantasies which feature balloons, airships and other flying and underwater contrivances, and the museum has many of the original props and displays which explain the methods used to achieve each shot.
Ok, a full disclosure is required. As a balloon pilot, I'm especially interested in lighter than Air subjects generally and all forms of flying contraptions more specifically. Additionally my University minor was in film, and I have a love for early cinema and film history. Therefore I could not walk past this museum.
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