The Josef Sudek Gallery is situated near Hradcany in a house, where Josef Sudek (b. 1896 Kolín n.L. — d. 1976 Prague) lived from 1959 until his death.  

Part of his photographic output was transferred to the MDA in Prague in the years 1978—1988. Since 1989 the MDA in Prague has also been administering the artist’s flat, where the gallery opened in 1995. Sudek had also a studio in Prague, Na Újezdu 28, which he continued to use for his photographic work (namely the black chamber) after moving to Hradcany, and where his sister and assistant Božena Sudková lived. Sudek's flat was a popular place for friendly gatherings of many artists, among them the poet Jaroslav Seifert, painter Jan Zrzavý, architect Otto Rothmayer and many others. In the flat, which was gradually filled with numerous paintings, frames, goblets, boxes and photographic tools, originated many now renowned compositions in the series Aviatic Remembrances, Easter Remembrances, Labyrinths and Glass Labyrinths. This flat was also a departure point from which Sudek used to set off to roam the Prague gardens, parks and his beloved outskirts.