Prague’s Coolest Music Venue and Museum [Video]

In an elaborately converted garage in the Czech Republic, a 15-minute ride from Prague’s city center, sits one of the most unusual and ambitious venues one is likely to find anywhere.

It might have three stages, but “venue” is a misleading term for Doupě — which means “den” or “lair” in Czech and is pronounced “dope yeah” (which is also the company’s English name). Its compound is the home base for a multifaceted operation that includes a specialty record label, a production company that includes a podcast and livestream operation, a festival booker, a recording studio and, most striking of all, what must be the world’s greatest collection of vintage radios, gramophones, turntables, stereo systems, televisions, telephones and other pristine antiques that Doupě’s founder, musician/businessman Petr Chmela, has painstakingly displayed as a sort of history of recorded sound.

The jaw-dropping collection includes literally hundreds of ultra-rare items across several dimly lit rooms decorated with vintage posters …