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Museum of Communism is Here!
written by anarchy on August 5th, 2009 , 7 comments (6 votes)

Seeing the spectacular poster with a babushka doll showing its sharp pointy teeth I just knew I had to go to the Museum Of Communism, located above McDonalds near the Mustek metro station in Prague’s main shopping district. It’s a fairly small museum, but that also makes it very intimate.

Seeing the nearly 1000 authentic items, ranging from tinned food to the reproduction of an interrogation room, was a really nice experience. It’s hard to imagine what life was like back then but it’s even harder to believe that it was merely 20 years since this was actually normal life for the Tjeckoslovakian citizen. At the end of the given path through the museum, you end up in a small room where you can watch a documentary about the years of communism. The disgust for the Soviet invasion and communism is evident all throughout the museum and stands in sharp contrast to its Russian counterparts.

/Mr. Flinky

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7 comments

  • lomosexual_manboy
    by lomosexual_manboy
    4 months ago

    Very interesting museum. I would like to see this in person.

  • sugiyamasatomi
    by sugiyamasatomi
    4 months ago

    woooo, nice musium!

  • dogma
    by dogma
    4 months ago

    :) love the shot #10 :) and it's very interesting museum indeed!

  • eyecon
    by eyecon
    4 months ago

    # 6 is my favorite of this album!

  • takezzo
    by takezzo
    4 months ago

    i saw the poster when i was in prague. but didn't have a chance to get in there... i wish i had more time to spend in the city : (

  • stouf
    by stouf
    4 months ago

    Another damn' nice gallery ! Congrats !

  • mephisto19
    by mephisto19
    4 months ago

    love the poster-shot! and such a great variaty of images...! great gallery!

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