The collection of products made of plastic materials includes almost 400 items. They originate from the late 50s and served for promoting the substitution of metals with plastics in a wide assortment of engineering and consumer goods. A large part of them was donated to the Museum by the Committee for introducing new types of goods, improving quality and packaging in Prague. From the material point of view the collection contains: polyamides, polyester laminates, polymethacrylates, phenol (cresol) formaldehyde resins, laminated materials, polystyrene, acetobutyrate, PVC, melamine resins, foamy polystyrene, epoxide and polyethylene.
The collection of plastics comprises also products from glass fibres that are used for production of glass-fibre reinforced plastics. They come from the Pressing Shop of New Materials in Vrbno pod Pradedem and from its subsidiaries, from Kablo Kladno, Tesla, Kablo Bratislava, Gumon Bratislava, Plastimat Praha.