Památník Lidice

Who they are

Památník Lidice is the national memorial that looks after the site of the village destroyed in 1942: the museum, the memorial area, the rose garden, the Lidice Gallery and House No. 116. It comes under the Czech Ministry of Culture and also administers the memorial site of Ležáky, the other village razed in 1942.

Lidice was a small village in central Bohemia. On 10 June 1942, in reprisal for the attack on Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazis wiped it off the map: they shot 173 men and deported most of the women and children to concentration camps. The village was rebuilt after the war, and many places around the world took its name in remembrance.

What you visit

The museum has the permanent exhibition And the Innocent Were Guilty…, on the life of the village and its destruction. The memorial area, in the meadow where the village stood, brings together the monument to the child victims of the war, the men's grave and the foundations of the church, the school and the Horák farm. The rose garden, the Lidice Gallery, with its art collection and its garden, and the detached House No. 116 complete the ensemble. The memorial also organises each year the Lidice International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts.

It is open every day from 9:00 to 17:00, except 23 December to 1 January. The ticket costs 150 CZK for adults and 70 CZK for children. There are audio guides for the area and the collection in the izi.travel app.

Guided tours and groups

As well as the self-guided visit, it prepares guided tours of the memorial area on request, in Czech, English, German or Russian, and offers routes of an hour and a half and of three hours. Groups of more than twenty can request a visit outside hours, from 17:00 to 18:00. Bookings are made with the form on its website or at [email protected]. It has educational programmes for schools and colleges, materials in easy-read and in Czech sign language, and hires out an auditorium.

Getting there

From Prague, by metro to Nádraží Veleslavín (line A) and bus 300 or 322, or to Zličín (line B) and bus 324, to the Lidice stop, five minutes' walk from the museum. The ticket costs 24 CZK. By car, there are three car parks next to the area; it also has bike racks and a restaurant in the gallery.