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The 20 most beautiful museums in Prague

There are indeed many museums to visit in Prague.

This city lends itself well to the needs of tourists who love culture, the arts, science and writing but there are also museums that house oddities and curiosities.

Since most museums are accessible for a fee, the suggestion is to purchase the Prague Card that allows free entry to most museums and attractions in the Czech capital.

Here, below, is the list of the most beautiful museums in Prague to see on your next trip to the Czech capital.

Prague National Gallery

📍 Staroměstské nám. 1, 110 15 Staré Město, Czechia

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The National Gallery is perhaps the most important and well-known museum in Prague.

A variety of artworks belonging to different currents and dating back to even very distant eras are exhibited here.

The museum is to date considered the second oldest in the entire old continent. In fact, it is preceded only by the Louvre.

The permanent exhibitions of the Národní Muzeum can be found in various buildings (St. Agnes Convent, Sternberg Palace, Schwarzenberg Palace, Fair Palace and Kinsky Palace).

Here you have the opportunity to admire masterpieces of Czech and world fine arts in its permanent exhibitions and displays, including one of Gustav Klimt’s master works: the Virgin.

Hours

• January – December: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun; 10 a.m. – 6 p.m
• Mondays: closed

Prices

• Adults: 300 CZK (about €12).
• Reduced (over 65): 150 CZK (about 6€).
• Under 18 and students up to 26: free admission.

Prague National Museum

📍 Václavské nám. 68, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia

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The National Museum in Prague is certainly the largest and oldest in the entire Czech Republic.

Established in 1818, it offers visitors the opportunity to walk through five different pavilions.

Three of them are dedicated to natural sciences, history and music. The other two sections are known as the Naprstek Museum and the National Museum Library.

Each pavilion is located in a different place in the city.

The National Museum accumulates collections of material documents of natural history, prehistory, and history of Czech and foreign origin, especially in the fields of mineralogy, geology, petrology, paleontology, hydrobiology, mycology, botany, entomology, zoology, anthropology, prehistory and protohistory, medieval, and so on.

Hours

• Daily: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m
• Last admission: 5 p.m. – 5:30 p.m

Prices

• Adults: 280 CZK (about €11).
• Reduced (youth 15-18 years, over 65): 180 CZK (7.50€ approx.).
• Under 15 years of age: free admission.

Jewish Museum Prague

📍 Široká 3, 110 00 Josefov, Czechia

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The Jewish Museum in Prague was founded in 1906 for the purpose of acquainting visitors with the history of the Bohemian Jewish community.

The complex is clearly quite old, certainly one of the oldest in all of Europe.

Artifacts of all kinds are on display here distributed among seven different buildings; it is therefore a particularly impressive affair.

The museum is located in the heart of Prague’s Jewish Quarter.

Hours

• November – March: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun. 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• April – October: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun. 09 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Prices

• Adults: 100 Kč (4.40€).
• Students and under 26 years of age: 70 Kč (3.10€).
• Children under 6 and Prague Card holders: free admission.

Lobkwicz Palace

📍Jiřská 3, 119 00 Praha 1-Hradčany, Czechia

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The Lobkwicz Palace is a private building in Prague Castle.

The building to date houses several pictorial collections.

Among the most valuable canvases are those signed by Velazquez, Canaletto or even Brueghel.

Concerts, seminars and general cultural events are organized periodically inside the palace.

There are also a variety of musical, ceramic and military collections.

Hours

• Daily: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m
• Last admission: 4 p.m

Prices

• Full: 290 CZK (11€ approx.)
• Reduced: 220 CZK (8.90€ approx.)
• Family: 690 CZK (27€ approx.)

National Technical Museum in Prague

📍Kostelní 1320/42, 170 00 Praha 7-Letná, Czechia

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Prague is not just about music and art: special attention is also paid to the world of science.

The National Technical Museum, established about a century ago, is a case in point. As many as 14 permanent exhibitions can be visited here, which are however accompanied by temporary exhibitions.

Within the halls it is possible to appreciate all the advances made in the fields of technology and biology or even in the industrial sector and in general in the so-called exact sciences.

Hours

• January – December: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun – 9 a.m. – 6 p.m
• Mondays: closed

Prices

• Full: 280 CZK (approximately €11)
• Reduced: 150 CZK (6€ approx.)
• Family: 560 CZK (22€ approx.)

Prague’s Nightjar and Toilet Museum

📍V Potočkách 1020/6, 143 00 Praha 12-Modřany, Czechia

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If you want to entertain yourself in an unusual way by combining a love of culture with a goliardic spirit, you absolutely must visit the Museum of chamber pots and toilets (Muzeum historických nočníků).

Yes, you got it right: someone thought to put on display more or less modern toilets belonging to famous and not-so-famous personalities.

You can admire here Napoleon’s chamber pot or that of a Chinese emperor.

Hours

• January – December: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun – 9 a.m. – 6 p.m
• Mondays: closed

Prices

• Full (15-65 years old): 150 CZK (about 6€)
• Reduced (6-15 years old, over 65): 120 CZK (5€ approx.)
• Up to 6 years old: free
• Guided tour lasting 1 hour: 600 CZK (24€ approx.)

Mucha Museum

📍Panská 7, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia

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The Mucha Museum is virtually the only museum in the world devoted entirely to the celebration of the great Czech painter and sculptor Alfons Mucha.

It stands in close proximity to Wenceslas Square.

Here it is possible to trace Mucha’s career from his beginnings to his Parisian period.

Collected in these rooms are posters, drawings, sketches and anything else that belonged to the artist.

Hours

• January – December: daily – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m

Prices

• Full (15-65 years old): 240 CZK (approx. 9€)
• Reduced (children, students and over 65): 160 CZK (approx. 6€)
• Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children): 600 CZK (24€ approx.)

Kafka Museum

📍Cihelná 635, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia

Franz Kafka lived his Prague intensely and deeply.

The writer who was born and died here drew inspiration and nourishment from the Czech capital for many of his works.

The Franz Kafka Museum is divided into two sections: the first examines the link between the artist and Prague, and the other attempts to reconstruct the Prague locations in which his narratives unfold.

Located in the Malá Strana district, the exhibition also makes use of audio-visual educational aids.

Hours

• January – December: daily – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m

Prices

• Full (15-65 years old): 200 CZK (about €7.50)
• Reduced (children, students and over 65): 120 CZK (4.50€ approx.)
• Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children): 540 CZK (20€ approx.)

The Museum of Sex Machines

📍Melantrichova 476 /18, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

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At the Museum of Sex Machines it will be possible to admire more or less recent sex toys, sadomasochistic items or items used for bondage.

Contrary to what one might think, however, this is not a purely erotic museum.

In fact, an attempt is made here to explore human sexuality in all its facets.

You will thus be able to satisfy curiosities, learn about the history of certain objects and even better understand what is commonly called perversion.

Some erotic films dating back to the early 1900s are also shown cyclically inside the museum.

The treat? At the entrance you have the opportunity to sit on a “throne” that measures your hotness.

Hours

• January – December: daily – 10 a.m. – 11 p.m

Prices

• Full (15-65 years old): 250 CZK (approx. 9.80€)
• Reduced (students): 150 CZK (5.90€ approx.)
• Groups of 8 people: 200 CZK each (7.80€ approx.)
• Admission is prohibited for those under 18 years of age

Prague City Museum

📍Na Poříčí 1554/52, 180 00 Nové Město, Czechia

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The Prague City Museum is a true institution for the people of Prague.

On it depends the management of 14 of the city’s most important monuments (from the Powder Tower to Charles Bridge, from the Mirror Labyrinth to St. Nicholas Bell Tower).

You can opt once on a visit to take part in exhibitions or simply delve inside the structures.

The main building under the Prague City Museum (Muzeum města Prahy) stands in close proximity to the Florenc metro station.

The museum reconstructs an evolutionary path from prehistoric to contemporary times by means of three-dimensional models of the city.

Hours

• Closed temporarily

Prices

• Temporarily closed

DOX – Center of Contemporary Art in Prague

📍 Poupětova 1, 170 00 Praha 7-Holešovice, Czechia

Photo via DOX

DOX (Centrum současného umění DOX) is a contemporary art museum located inside an old disused factory.

Here it is among other things possible to take part in interesting educational courses.

The institution, born thanks to the idea of a private individual, seems to preferentially focus on current and social issues revisited through artistic language.

Hours

• January – December: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun – 12 noon – 6 p.m

Prices

• Full (15-65 years old): 280 CZK (about €11)
• Reduced (children, students, over 65): 130 CZK (5.20€ approx.)
• Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children): 560 CZK (22.50€ approx.)

The Museum of Communism

📍 V Celnici 1031/4, 118 00 Nové Město, Czechia

Prague seems not yet to have forgotten the period of Russian rule and the imposition of communist rule.

In part this is perhaps also due to the Museum of the Communist Era in Prague.

It is divided into three rooms whose guiding themes are the dream, the reality and finally the nightmare resulting from that kind of political ideology.

The objects here tell the story of everyday life in Prague in the time period between 1948 and 1989.

Hours

• January – December: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun – 9 a.m. – 8 p.m

Prices

• Full (15-65 years old): 190 CZK (approx. €7)
• Reduced student: 150 CZK (5.50€ approx.)
• Reduced over 65: 170 CZK (6€ approx.)

Smetana Museum Prague – the museum of classical music

📍 1, Novotného lávka 201, Staré Město, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia

Prague is a city that has a deep connection with music.

It is no coincidence that a number of interesting Music Museums spring up around here.

They include the Smetana Museum, entirely dedicated to the composer of the same name , which attracts visitors and classical music lovers from all over the world. Other museums include Villa Amerika, built instead around the figure of Antonin Dvorak, and the Museum of Music, a more heterogeneous structure located inside the Church of St. Mary Magdalene.

Hours

• January – December: Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m
• Tuesday: closed

Prices

• Full: 50 CZK (approximately 2€)
• Reduced: 30 CZK (1.20€ approx.)

Toy Museum

📍 Jiřská 11/4, 119 00 Praha 1-Hradčany, Czechia

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Those traveling in the company of children, the merely curious or those who deep down have never fully grown up should not deny themselves the experience of visiting the Toy Museum.

Housed in the ancient rooms of Prague Castle, it has something of a fairy tale about it.

Here it is possible to admire games and pastimes used by young children from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present through a collection of toys typically common in the Czech area.

There is also a section dedicated to Ivan Steiger, a well-known director and cartoonist.

Hours

• January – December: daily – 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m

Prices

• Full: 180 CZK (approx. €7.20)
• Reduced: 120 CZK (4.80€ approx.)
• Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children): 360 CZK (14.50€ approx.)

Prague City Gallery – The House of Photography

📍5 1006 Revoluční, Staré Město, 110 00 Praha, Czechia

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The Prague City Gallery is certainly one of the most important in the country for the photography sector.

Reopened at the end of 2013 after a major renovation, this building presents an extensive exhibition space dedicated to Czech and world photography.

A must-see for photography enthusiasts.

Hours

• January – December: Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Thu – 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m
• Mondays: closed

Prices

• Full: 150 CZK (approx. 6€)
• Reduced: 60 CZK (2.40€ approx.)
• Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children): 250 CZK (10€ approx.)

Speculum Alchemiae Museum

📍 Haštalská 1, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

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Alchemy has long attracted the curiosity and fantasies of scientists and powerful men.

In Prague, too, this practice found widespread use. It is no coincidence that the Speculum Alchemiae Museum was thought to be established here, a place suspended between magic and legend.

Hours

• January – December: daily – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m

Prices

• Full: 200 CZK (approximately €8)
• Reduced: 150 CZK (6€ approx.)
• Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children): 500 CZK (20€ approx.)

Beer Museum

📍 Husova 7 – 11000 Praha 1 – Staré Město, Czechia

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Prague could hardly miss the Museum of Beer (Muzeum piva): indeed, this beverage is traditionally popular in such latitudes.

In addition to taking an exhaustive tour, capable of revealing the many secrets hidden behind a beer package, you will be able to bottle some beer and complete the task by adding a fancy personalized label.

Hours

• January – December: daily – 11 a.m. – 8 p.m

Prices

• Full: 480 CZK (approximately €19.30)
• Reduced: 280 CZK (11.30€ approx.)

Prague Museum of Torture

📍 Celetná 558, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

Prague’s Museum of Torture and Instruments of Torture, known as Muzeum útrpného práva in Czech, is located on Celetná Street, a short walk from the bustling Old Town Square.

This exhibition space is set up like a grim prison, offering a collection of more than 400 artifacts used to practice torture in the medieval context, both in Europe and in the Bohemian region.

The proposed experience may inspire awe as the exhibits are accompanied by unusual lighting and background music, all aimed at immersing visitors in a realistic setting that evokes the atmosphere of the Holy Inquisition.

Hours

• January – December: daily – 10 a.m. – 8 p.m

Prices

• Full: 160 CZK (approximately €6.45)
• Reduced: 100 CZK (4€ approx.)
• Family ticket: 420 CZK (17€ approx.)

Museum of Illusions Prague

📍 Melantrichova 536/2, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

The Museum of the Art of Illusion in Prague focuses on optical illusions and the interactive experience of magic.

Located in the modern area of the city, just off Melantrichova Street, the museum adds a touch of magic to the Czech capital’s vibrant nightlife .

During daylight hours, this area becomes a fun place to explore, whether with family or alone.

Among the museum’s most iconic elements is the optical illusion of the chair, while its proximity to thePrague Astronomical Clock makes it a must-see.

Hours

• January – December: daily – 09 a.m. – 8 p.m

Prices

• Adult: 349 CZK.
• Child up to 1 meter: free.
• Children up to 15 years of age: 249 CZK.
• Students up to 26 years and over 65 years: 249 CZK.
• Family – 1 adult and 2 children up to 15 years: 799 CZK.
• Family – 2 adults and 2 children up to 15 years or 1 adult and 3 children up to 15 years: 899 CZK.

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