On this public holiday – Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day – children up to 15 years of age will have free admission to all exhibitions at Port 1560! You can choose whether to explore the mysterious Hvozd, experience bourgeois life in the Palace, take a look at the historical Brewery, or find inspiration in the Gallery.
The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day commemorates both the student demonstrations against the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 and the events of 1989, when a memorial march marking the 50th anniversary of the student revolt took place. The authorities at the time attempted to suppress the march, which instead sparked a wave of public protests across Czech and Slovak cities. In the days that followed, the demonstrations grew into peaceful strikes — first led by students and soon joined by citizens throughout Czechoslovakia. These events marked the beginning of the Velvet Revolution.
