Add a review of the Prague Museum of Torture

Many already know that in Prague there is a museum not for the faint-hearted, in which goosebumps run and embraces horror - the Museum of Instruments of Medieval Torture (Muzeum stredovekych mucicich nastroju), telling about the dark past only the Czech Republic, because the instruments of inquisitorial torture were collected all over Europe.

Torture or inquisition in the Middle Ages and before it was quite normal, although today these words alone are already not doing well. Only in the late 17th century, Europe limited the conduct of torture, and in the 50's. In the 18th century they were completely banned.

For one and a half hours of visiting the museum you are simply amazed at how sophisticated the human mind is in its cruelty. After all, what kind of devices did he invent for human torture: from saws and axes to "skull crushers" and "Spanish boots."

In the Museum of Torture, probably the darkest place in Prague, located in the basement of a gothic house on Krzyzhnytsky Square from the Charles Bridge), why it is even worse to enter it, sixty instruments of torture of 1100 are exhibited and almost natural very colorful expositions for those who want to tickle their nerves.

Museum of Instruments of Medieval Torture (Muzeum stredovekych mucicich nastroju) in Prague (English .)
A superficial look at the instruments of torture does not find anything threatening in them, but if you read and carefully examine the descriptions of application and illustration hanged near each of them, you begin to understand how terrible it was to fall into the hands of the inquisitors, since the imagination will finish everything that was not written in text.

For one and a half hours of visiting the museum you are simply amazed at how sophisticated the human mind is in its cruelty. After all, what kind of devices did he come up with for man's torture: from saws and axes to "skull crushers" and "Spanish boots."

One of the more "innocent" instruments of torture is "a pipe for noisy people." She was punished for not very serious offenses commoners or bad musicians. On the neck of the guilty, a collar with holes for fingers was put on. Inserting his fingers into the hole in the side, the convict went for a few days.

There were also more terrible instruments of torture . For example, "count" - everyone knows the expression to put on the count . It is clear that the person was dying in terrible agony . "Cherepodrobilka" - no less terrible device for bullying . The head of a man was placed in a helmet, fixed on a wooden stand, and tightened it with screws, until the skull cracked like a nut . "The Spanish boot" by the principle of "crusher" also pulled, only now the foot of the guilty . And what is it worth "Rack", like a bed . She was laid on the accused with bound hands and stretched his legs until the ligaments and joints tore .

Pads, a chair with thorns, a belt of fidelity and chastity (for men and women) , Witcher's armchairs, chairs with thorns and other terrible tools for torture - from all this diversity, the frost rips through the skin. And yet, despite all the horrors, the museum of torture in Prague is visited with great interest by the guests of the city and by the Prague residents themselves

How to get to the Prague Museum of Torture

Go to the museum located at: Krizovnickt namesti 194/1 , Praha 1, can be by metro (line A) or by tram 17, 18, 24, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58 to the Staromestska stop, then walk to Charles Bridge. Or take tram 17, 18, 24, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58 to the stop Karlovy lazne, then also to Charles Bridge

The time of the torture museum

The museum runs daily from 10 : 00 to 22:00.

Ticket price

Entrance: 150 CZK, children: 80 CZK.