Mini Arch Museum
established 2026
Mini Arch Museum is a new local museum of architecture and urbanism in Zahradní Město (“Garden City”), Prague. It is taking shape in Vila Měšťan, a modernist house with the studio of visual artist Jan Měšťan, which is becoming the pilot building of the whole project. The villa is gradually turning into an open house-museum where architecture, art, and the story of the neighbourhood meet.
What we do
- We take care of the studio and artistic estate of Jan Měšťan, which we present through intimate exhibitions.
- We document the architecture of Zahradní Město — from interwar villas, through post-war housing estates, to contemporary buildings.
- We tell the story of the neighbourhood through exhibitions, guided walks, digitisation, and oral history.
- We connect the community — involving local residents, schools, and experts in joint activities.
Why Zahradní Město
Zahradní Město is one of the most distinctive residential areas of 20th-century Prague. Within a small area, several urban and architectural eras overlap:
- the garden city of the 1930s,
- post-war housing-estate structures,
- modernist residential complexes,
- contemporary developer projects.
Mini Arch Museum – seat and gallery
“Less is more” — Mies van der Rohe
The shape and operation of the museum draw inspiration from foreign examples of information pavilions at significant architectural colonies and estates.
Coming up
Mini Arch Museum is preparing a series of short films and features about notable buildings, in the Czech Republic and abroad.