1950 -- On April 14, the Premonstratensians are forced to leave Strahov Monastery, which is taken over by the State Department for Ecclesiastical Matters. At the same time, a National Cultural Committee is established that is to oversee the usage of the monastery and its art collections and book depositories. The creation of a Museum of National Revival at Strahov is planned.
1951 -- The intention to create a Museum of National Revival is reframed in broader terms: the plan is now to create a Museum of National Culture (with the stress on literature). On September 21, the Strahov Library opens for the public.
1952 -- On January 22, the Museum of National Culture (PNK) is established. It takes over Strahov Monastery, including the depositories of the Strahov Library (at 130'000 volumes) and the depositories of the monastic libraries (400'000 volumes). The Institute for Czech Literature at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences takes quarters in the monastery.
1953 -- The scope of activities of the PNK is being narrowed; a museum of Czech literature is created that goes by the name of "Museum of National Literature" (PNP). On May 8, an exhibition on the development of Czech literature opens (designed by the Institute for Czech Literature at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences under the lead of J. Mukařovský).
1958 -- A "provisional concentration of museums under the management of the PNP" (consisting of the A. Dvořák Museum, the B. Smetana Museum, and the A. Jirásek Museum) is being created. On November 10, 1948, the government had decided to convert the Hvězda Summer House in the deer-park on the White Mountain in Prague 6 into a Jirásek museum. From 1949-1950, reconstruction work took place (under P. Janák) and an exposition was prepared (under Z. Nejedlý). On occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the writer, the A. Jirásek Museum opened with a special exposition (September 2, 1951).
1962 -- On March 30, the deer-park "Obora", the Hvězda Summer Pavilion, and the battlefield with the burial mounds of those fallen during the battle on the White Mountain are entered into the List of National Cultural Monuments (NKP Bílá hora).
1964 -- On January 1, the literary archive is incorporated into the PNP. It has previously been a part of the Library of the National Museum. As per decree of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the A. Jirásek Museum and the M. Aleš Museum are being created, with expositions on the National Cultural Monument Bílá hora (1966) and on M. Aleš (1967).
1970 -- On May 11, the PNP rents a part of the reconstructed chateau in Staré Hrady near Jičín to meet the needs of the literary archive. Later (in 1974), the study of J. Vrchlický is being installed here (1974).
1976 -- The A. Dvořák Museum and the B. Smetana Museum are incorporated into the National Museum as a part of the 'Museums of Czech Music'. The A. Jirásek Museum and the M. Aleš Museum remain a part of the PNP.
1990 -- On July 19, Strahov Monastery is surrendered to the Strahov Canon of Premonstratensians on the basis of the laws on the reparation of grievances caused to the churches. The PNP becomes a tenant of a part of the monastery and begins vacating previously occupied space. The exposition is gradually being dismantled.
1991 -- On January 1, the Kabinet Ex Libris in Chrudim is being incorporated in the PNP. The PNP assumes the task of organizing contests and exhibitions of exlibrises, which are held together with the conventions of the Club of Collectors and Friends of Ex Librises (since 1974).
1992 -- On November 17, the Czech Ministry of Culture issues the Statutes of the PNP which define its mission: a specialized museum of the Czech Republic that gathers, processes, protects, and makes available archive, literary, and artistic sources for the history of literature and literary culture from the end of the 18th century until present.
1993 -- The PNP works on a concept for relocation through vacating monastery space by expanding the field offices outside Prague. The concept of usage of the Hvězda Summer Pavilion is being changed, and a building for the new PNP Headquarters has been identified.
2000 -- On May 25, the Hvězda Summer Pavilion re-opens for the public after reconstruction work. An exposition on the usage of the building over the past four centuries with the title 'Past and Present' is being designed, as a part of the program 'Prague 2000 - European Capital of Culture.
On December 29, the Czech Ministry of Culture issues a foundation charter, according to which the PNP fills the role of a museum whose task it is to acquire, gather, permanently safekeep, catalogue, scientifically process, and make available museum collections from the 18th century until present.
2002 -- On September 25, the PNP Collection is entered in the Central Register of Collections at the Czech Ministry of Culture.
2004 -- On October 31, reconstruction of the Imperial Kitchen (the forester's lodge), built from 1555-1558 as a supply facility for the Hvězda Summer Pavilion is complete. The forester's lodge houses the depository of the library of Jiří Karásek of Lvovice and other library collections, and in the study house, an exposition on the life and work of Jiří Karásek of Lvovice is being established.
2005 -- The PNP acquires buildings and land in Prague 6 - Bubeneč, based on governmental decree No. 346 from March 23, 2005.
September 15 - as a part of the Days of European Heritage (with the motto "New Life to Historic Surroundings"), and on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the donation of the collection of J. Karásek of Lvovice to the PNP (1955), the forestor's lodge opens to the public in a one-off event.
2006 -- The PNP acquires another building in Prague 6 - Bubeneč for its future headquarters, based on governmental decree No. 301 from March 22, 2006.
In April, the study hall at the forester's lodge opens to the general public.
2007 -- In April, work begins on the conversion of building No. 70 at Pelléova 20, Praha 6 - Bubeneč into the future headquarters of PNP (1st stage).
