Museums in Czechia

In a lighthouse by a vanished sea stands a museum for a man who never existed.

This former atomic bunker is now the Olomouc Institute of Remembrance, telling stories of the communist era.

This entire museum is dedicated to a single smelly delicacy.

A museum of Czech puppetry and wine in an allegedly haunted 14th-century stone house.

In this Romani neighborhood lies a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Roma.

Dedicated to the works of the legendary special effects artist.

The oldest hydroelectric plant in Czechia is now a museum.

A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.

Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.

A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

This quaint museum tells about more than just the birth of Jesus: "betlémy" are an important piece of Czech history.