New Mucha Museum to open in Prague’s Savarin Palace in February

A new Mucha Museum was unveiled on Thursday in the Savarin Palace, a late Baroque building on Prague's Na Příkopech Street.  The museum, which will open to the public on Thursday, showcases works by Alfons Mucha, including reproductions of pieces from his Slav Epic cycle. This marks the second Mucha museum in Prague, joining the original museum in Kaunický Palace, which opened in 1998.

The exhibition, located on the first floor of the Savarin Palace, features 90 original works and 150 exhibits in total. The museum was curated by Tomoko Sato and designed by architect Eva Jiřičná. Marcus Mucha, the artist's great-grandson, opened the museum and highlighted that the Mucha Foundation’s events worldwide typically attract around half a million visitors annually.

The city of Prague is still negotiating the placement of the Slav Epic in the Savarin palace.