I was not looking for nerd stuff during my trip to Prague, but nerd stuff found me.
I was wondering around the Charles Bridge when the Museum of Special Effects popped up on Google Maps. I could not resist and purchased a ticket.
Properly called the Karel Zeman Museum, the museum is devoted to the practical special effects devised by Karel Zeman for films he worked on between the 1940s and the 1980s.
If you’re not familiar with him, and I was not when I ventured in, many great animators consider Zeman influential, including Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, and even the King of Stop Motion Monsters, Ray Harryhousen.
His films have a fantastical element to them and the museum has plenty of examples of his work throughout. Moreover, guests are encouraged to recreate these effects with the exhibits designed to be posed on or used. This makes the museum a great place for any nerdlings of travel party. And way more appropriate than the Sex Machines Museum or the Museum of Torture and Torture Devices.
