The Prague Jewish Museum has a new visitor information and reservation center. The facility, which opened February 3, is located at Meiselsa 15, close to the several historic synagogues that comprise the museum and house its exhibitions. The museum in October will celebrate 20 years since the state returned it to Jewish ownership and it became an independent institution.
The new visitor center is something of a necessity, as the museum is ranked the most-visited museum in the Czech Republic, with more than 500,000 visitors a year. (Brno — the Czech Republic’s second largest city — already opened a Jewish tourist information center three years ago.)
According to the museum’s announcement:
This new site provides visitors with a multimedia information space and offers a range of additional services. It is an interactive information gateway with basic details about the monuments and permanent exhibitions in the Jewish Town, as well as about specific Jewish monuments in Prague and the rest of the Czech Republic. It also contains information about current educational and cultural programmes held by the museum and related organizations and institutions. Visitors will also be given useful tips on where to find kosher meals and on services provided by travel agencies specializing in Jewish heritage tours. […] As well as providing services for individual tourists, the new centre will also accept bookings from guides, school representatives and travel agencies. It also includes a rest area with refreshments and toilet facilities, as well as disabled access and a baby changing table.
