About us

The Twentieth Century Memorial Museum is a registered institute founded by the City of Prague. Its long-term goal is to create a modern memory institution focusing on the key events of the 20th century on the territory of Czechoslovakia, following the example of important foreign museum institutions (such as: The Museum of Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw, The Museum of World War II in Gdansk, The House of Terror in Budapest, The Topography of Terror in Berlin, The Museum of Holocaust in Washington or The Museum Yad Vashem in Jerusalem).

The House of Pages at Hradčany will provide the space for temporary exhibitions. We are preparing a project for its reconstruction and transformation into a real museum space. An ambitious project of a large-scale exhibition should be implemented in the near future in the stands of the Strahov Stadium. The Twentieth Century Memorial Museum will organize various events for the public: lectures, seminars, debates, conferences, a film festival, interactive walks around important historical sites and other online projects. The Museum’s program is available on its website and social networks. The Museum is managed by a director appointed by the Board of Trustees, which approves the work plan for the year and the annual report. The Collegium is a professional advisory body for the Board of Trustees. The Supervisory Board controls the management and activities of the Museum.

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MUSEUM MANAGEMENT

Executive Director: PhDr. Jan Kalous, Ph.D.

Head of Office: PhDr. Miroslav Urbánek

Head of Department for Exhibitions and Collections: PhDr. Vít Fojtek, Ph.D.

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  • JUDr. Hana Kordová Marvanová – Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, Member of the Prague Capital City Council, a lawyer (since 19 September 2019)
  • Jiří Padevět – a writer, researcher and publisher, Director of Academia Publishing House (from 19 September 2019)
  • JUDr. Mgr. Tomáš Jirsa, Ph.D. – historian and lawyer, Department of Asylum and Migration Policy, Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic (from 22 March 2021)
  • doc. PhDr. Petr Koura, Ph.D. – historian, Ústav českých dějin FF UK (from 22 March 2021)
  • PhDr. Pavel Kugler, Ph.D. – Head of the War Veterans Department of the Czech Ministry of Defence (from 28 February 2022)
  • Bc. František Stárek – researcher, Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (from 22 March 2021)
  • Mgr. Jakub Wolf – political scientist, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (from 1.8.2022)

Former members of the Board of Trustees

  • PhDr. Petr Blažek, Ph.D. – a historian and researcher of ÚSTR (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes), Deputy Director of the Centre for Documentation of Totalitarian Regimes (since 19 September 2019)
  • Mgr. Mikuláš Pešta, Ph.D. – a historian, Institute of World History, Charles University (from 19 September 2019)
  • PhDr. Ing. arch. Lenka Burgerová, Ph.D. – Vice-Mayor of Prague 7, Member of The Prague Capital City Council, an university lecturer, architect and historian (19 September 2019 – 18 February 2021)
  • JUDr. Jaroslava Janderová – Member of The Prague Capital City Council, a lawyer, vice-chairman of Publicum commodum o.s. † (19 September 2019 – 23 January 2021)
  • Bc. Mikuláš Kroupa – a journalist, founder and Director of Post Bellum (19 September 2019 – 10 April 2020)

 

SUPERVISORY BOARD

  • Jan Wolf – Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Culture Committee of the City Council Prague, Representative of the Capital City of Prague (from 15 March 2022)
  • Václav Bílek – Representative of the Capital City of Prague (from 15 March 2022)
  • Ing. Mariana Čapková – Chairwoman of the Education Committee of the Capital City Council Prague, representative of the Capital City of Prague. of Prague (from 15 March 2022)
  • JUDr. Jiří Pospíšil – MEP (Member of European Parliament), Member of The Prague Capital City Council, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Museum Kampa – Foundation of Jan and Meda Mládek
  • Mgr. Petr Přenosil – Member of the Committee for Legislation, Public Administration and Transparency of The Prague Capital City Council

Former Supervisory Board Members

  • Mgr. Zdeněk Zajíček – , Member of The Prague Capital City Council, lawyer
  • Ing. Lubomír Brož – Deputy Mayor of Prague 5, Member of The Prague Capital City Council 
  • Mgr. Ondřej Matějka – Deputy Director of ÚSTR (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes)

 

COLLEGIUM

The Board of Trustees of The Twentieth Century Memorial Museum has appointed The Collegium as its advisory professional body. The members of The Collegium are:

  • JUDr. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D. – former Constitutional Court Justice, Rector of the Faculty of Law of the University of West Bohemia at Pilsen
  • Prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D. – political scientist, Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies at MUNI (Masaryk University at Brno)
  • Prof. PaedDr. Stanislav Bendl, Ph.D. – Head of the Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Charles University
  • Mgr. Petr Daubner – a secondary school teacher of history and geography
  • Prof. PhDr. Václav Horčička, Ph.D. – Director of the Institute of World History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
  • Mgr. et Mgr. Viola Jakschová – a historian and project coordinator
  • JUDr. Ivana Janů – President of the Office for the Personal Data Protection, former Constitutional Court Justice and judge of the International Criminal Court in The Hague
  • Prof. PhDr. Vladimír Just, CSc. – a publicist, Member of the Department of Theatre Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University
  • Dr. Lukasz Kaminski – Director of the Platform for European Memory and Conscience, former Director of the IPN
  • Doc. Mgr. Bohunka Koklesová, Ph.D. – an art historian, Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts at Bratislava
  • PhDr. Petr Koura, Ph.D. – a historian, Institute of Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
  • Doc. PhDr. Petr Kreuz, Dr. – The Prague Capital City Archives, a specialist on court archives
  • Prof. JUDr. Jan Kysela Ph.D., DSc. – a constitutional lawyer, Faculty of Law, Charles University
  • Doc. Ing. arch. Zdeněk Lukeš – an architect and historian of architecture
  • PhDr. Jaromír Mrňka – a historian and researcher of ÚSTR (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes), a specialist on the history of the Second Republic and the Protectorate
  • Doc. RNDr. Martin Palouš – a former spokesman of The Charter 77, dealing with the theory of totalitarianism, a lecturer at New York University, cooperating with the Holocaust Museum
  • Ludmila Rakušanová – a journalist and former editor of The Radio Free Europe
  • Ing. Michael Rund – Director of the Museum of Sokolov Region
  • Bc. František Stárek – a dissident and researcher of ÚSTR (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes)
  • Doc. Mgr. Michal Stehlík, Ph.D. – a historian and museum researcher, Deputy Director of the National Museum
  • Dr. Pawel Ukielski – Deputy Director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum
  • Mgr. Martin Vadas – a documentary filmmaker
  • PhDr. Pavel Žáček, Ph.D. – a historian, former director of ÚSTR (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes)

1. Session of the Collegium of The Twentieth Century Memorial Museum (24 September 2020)