Residents and visitors in Prague will have the opportunity to explore four branches of the National Gallery in Prague free of charge on Monday, October 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

This special offer is in celebration of the Day of the Formation of an Independent Czechoslovak State, a national holiday.

This initiative is open to all age groups, including both Czech citizens and foreign visitors, according to the gallery’s official website.

For those interested in taking advantage of this cultural opportunity, the following exhibitions will be open for free admission:

• Old Masters I (Schwarzenberg Palace)
• Old Masters II (Sternberg Palace)
• Medieval Art in Bohemia and Central Europe 1200–1550 (Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia)
• 1796–1918: The Art of a Long Century (Veletržní palác)
• 1918–1938: First Republic (Veletržní palác)
• 1956–1989: Architecture for All (Veletržní palác)
• 1939–2021: End of the Black and White Era (Veletržní palác)

October 28 marks the anniversary of the creation of the independent Czechoslovak state.

It was October 28, 1918 and the National committee just proclaimed the independence of Czechoslovakia. Czechs and Slovaks had been part of Austria-Hungary for quite a while and Czechoslovak politicians home as well as those exiled brought their attempts of independence to a successful end.

On the same day the first Czechoslovak law was passed and signed by the “Men of October 28” – i Antonín Švehla, Alois Rašín, Jiří Stříbrný, Vavro Šrobár and František Soukup. It was agreed that the newly created country would be a republic and the first president T. G. Masaryk.

Nowadays, October 28 is a public holiday called Czechoslovak Independence Day and a the day when the president awards State decorations of the Czech Republic.

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