Cultural uses of former cinema venues

Diploma thesis is dealing with transformation of former classic cinemas in Prague for another kind of cultural use. It is paying attention to the problems of decline of venues which for a long time used to present principal scenes of Prague cultural life. Thesis became an unique material of its kind, dealing with the particular cinemas development til the present day. Cinemas transformation into present theatres, music clubs, dance studios etc maintains the tradition of these venues as places of interest for people who are searching for cultural experience, education and entertaining. One part of thesis consists of examples of former cinema venues which are still waiting to its new use. Well arranged and useful overview of the cinema network development and present situation of Czech cinemas could be found in the introduction