brown and beige concrete building under white sky during daytime

The National Museum in Prague was founded on April 15, 1818. It was founded by Count Sternberk, the first president of the Society of the Patriotic Museum who served as the trustee and operator of the museum. The Main Building of the National Museum (Historical Building) is located on the upper end of Wenceslas Square and was built by prominent Czech neo-renaissance architect Josef Schulz from 1885 to 1891. The building was damaged during World War II in 1945 by a bomb, but the collections were not damaged due to their removal to secured storage sites.