Prague Guide
Prague
Veletržní palác (Trade Fair Palace)
Opening time: Tues– Sun 10am–6pm
Price: 250Kč including English audioguide
Website: www.ngprague.cz
Situated at the corner of Dukelských hrdinů and Veletržní, some distance from the nearest metro station, the Veletržní palác, or Trade Fair Palace, gets nothing like the number of visitors it should. For not only does the building house the Národní galerie's excellent nineteenth- and twentieth-century Czech and international art collection, it is also an architectural sight in itself. A seven-storey building constructed in 1928 by Oldřich Tyl and Josef Fuchs, it is Prague's ultimate functionalist masterpiece, not so much from the outside, but inside, where its gleaming white vastness is suitably awesome. The gallery itself, stretching over six floors, is virtually impossible to view in its entirety.