Langhans Palace, Palace in New Town, Prague, Czech Republic

Langhans Palace is a building at Vodičkova 707/37 in Prague's New Town, reconstructed by architect Ladislav Lábus and named Building of the Year 2003. Its modern gallery exhibition spaces stand against the wall of the Franciscan Garden, and the ground floor houses a FotoŠkoda shop.

Jan Nepomuk Langhans, founder of the photographic firm of the same name, bought the representative house with its studio in Vodičkova Street in 1882. In 1919 the firm passed to his son-in-law Viktor Meisner. After 1989 the building was returned to its original owners in restitution in 1991, and architect Ladislav Lábus carried out the modern reconstruction, named Building of the Year 2003.

The palace hosts rotating photography exhibitions that feature both local and international artists, serving as an active venue within Prague's visual arts scene. These shows connect visitors with contemporary artistic practice in the city.

Langhans Palace stands at Vodičkova 707/37 in Prague's New Town, near the wall of the Franciscan Garden. The ground floor holds a FotoŠkoda shop, and a small courtyard has a café and a modern fountain. The gallery spaces are reached from the courtyard side.

During preparations for the renovation in autumn 1998, several hundred boxes of glass negatives from the Langhans Gallery of Personalities archive were found in the courtyard. About 8,000 negatives survived, including portraits of actors, singers, writers, politicians and aristocrats, and were later shown at the Rudolfinum in Prague.