Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures
Old brewery and inn turned museum of Asian, African and American cultures gathered by travelers.
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This guide to the Naprstek Museum in Prague follows Vojta Naprstek, a law student who fled the failed revolution of 1848 for Milwaukee, where he opened a bookshop, published a Czech-language newspaper and ran a free public library for fellow immigrants. It tracks his return to Prague around 1857 and his decision to turn his family's old brewery and inn on Bethlehem Square into something entirely different. Stand in the courtyard first, where the old brewing works are still visible.
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