Palác Metychů z Čečova, Renaissance palace in Malá Strana, Czech Republic

Palác Metychů z Čečova stands on Velkopřevorské náměstí in Prague's Malá Strana, entered through a rusticated portal of around 1600. The irregular two-storey building has three wings around a small courtyard, where sgraffiti, galleries and a dormer gable survive. Its eleven-axis eastern facade above the Čertovka is late Baroque to Neoclassical, with banded rustication.

The palace grew from four houses: Kryštof Metych z Čečova owned one in the 1580s, and his 1586 rebuilding created the Renaissance core. After 1617 a western neighbour was added under Isabela Braitšvartová; Jan Alsterla z Astfeldu acquired all the houses in 1641 and altered them in 1675. The Hrzánové z Harasova, owners from 1702, unified the palace around 1749.

The palace housed the Association for the Education, Employment and Provision of the Blind in Bohemia, founded by Professor Alois Klar, from 4 October 1832. Five blind people were admitted that day and stayed until the institute at Klárov opened.

The palace is now a protected cultural monument of the Czech Republic and privately owned, so visitor access inside is limited. From the exterior, interested visitors can view the architectural details and its position along the water channel without entering the building.

The Czech Museum of Music stored its collections in the palace until the 2002 floods submerged the cellar holding documents. Damaged items were taken to freezing boxes in Brno for gradual restoration, and the collections were moved to a more suitable depository.