National Museum of Agriculture
Functionalist landmark of farm tools and tractors, seized twice by regimes before finally opening.
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This guide to the National Museum of Agriculture in Prague starts in September 1939, when architect Milan Babuška's new functionalist building on Letná hill stood barely finished and a farm collection that had waited years for space finally had it. It follows the regimes that took the building out of the museum's hands, the offices that moved in, and the chateaus where the plows were sent. Best heard standing in the main hall, where you can look up at the height of the space.
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