The exhibition "PETROF 160 – Piano as a Technical Masterpiece" was created on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the founding of the company, which is one of the most significant European manufacturers of acoustic pianos and grand pianos. It is a joint contribution of the National Technical Museum and the PETROF company to this year's Czech Music Year.
The exhibition was created on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography, and Cartography (VÚGTK), a public research institution. Through texts, visual materials, and displays of instruments and tools from the development workshops of VÚGTK, it presents the history and current work of this public research institution, whose societal contributions are extraordinary.
In the Transport Hall of the National Technical Museum, a collection of historical ambulance cars from the property of the Emergency Medical Service of the capital city of Prague will be on display for one year.
The exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of the achievement that made Czechoslovakia only the eighth country in the world capable of producing mechanical wristwatches on an industrial scale.
