Gingerbread Museum

The Gingerbread Museum in Prague is dedicated to the tradition of gingerbread craft — known in Czech as 'perník' — which has a centuries-long history in Bohemia. Far beyond a simple sweet, perník was a prized trade and festive commodity shaped in ornate carved wooden molds and sold at markets by specialist craftsmen. Classified as a cultural monument in the Czech Republic, the museum displays historical molds, tools, and decorated gingerbread pieces as folk-art objects. Admission is free, and the format is well-suited to families with children. It offers a compact, offbeat window into Bohemian folk culture and seasonal craft tradition.