Best Museums in Prague
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From the classic National Museum and National Technical Museum, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.
★ 4.6 · 50,041 reviews
Explore Prague's grand National Museum and its natural science and history collections. Climb the monumental staircase and browse the exhibitions at your own pace.
★ 4.7 · 20,606 reviews
Explore vintage cars, planes and a coal mine in a large technical museum. A good option for families and anyone curious about how things work.
★ 4.6 · 6,980 reviews
Climb to Lobkowicz Palace in Hradčany and step into a family's private art collection. Tour the baroque rooms with the audio guide, admire the Old Masters and finish on the balcony.
★ 4.1 · 7,779 reviews
Enter the Franz Kafka Museum in Malá Strana and let its shadowy atmosphere set the tone. Move through letters, diaries, photographs and 3-D installations that echo the writer's unsettling world.
★ 4.8 · 2,615 reviews
Pay your respects at the National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror in Nové Město. Read the account of the 1942 events, then descend into the crypt where bullet marks still scar the walls.
★ 4.0 · 8,498 reviews
Explore the Museum of Communism in Nové Město and see what daily life looked like behind the Iron Curtain. Move through reconstructed interiors, photographs, artifacts and films that tell the story of the regime in Prague and beyond.
★ 4.5 · 6,085 reviews
Visit the Trade Fair Palace, the National Gallery's grand outpost in Holešovice. Work through floors of classic and modern art, from romantic landscapes to Picasso and Czech cubism.
★ 4.3 · 1,370 reviews
Step into the Mucha Foundation Art Museum, set inside the Savarin Palace in Nové Město. Follow Alphonse Mucha's career through his Art Nouveau posters, panels and drawings in a calm, easy-to-navigate series of rooms.
★ 4.7 · 10,941 reviews
Slip into the Church of Our Lady Victorious, the Malá Strana home of the Infant Jesus of Prague. Take in the lavish baroque interior and see the small, much-venerated statue at its heart.
★ 4.6 · 2,242 reviews
Step into the Convent of St. Agnes, a 13th-century Gothic monastery in Staré Město. Walk its peaceful grounds and view the National Gallery's medieval paintings and sculpture in quiet, atmospheric halls.
★ 4.6 · 5,221 reviews
Explore Loreto, a Baroque pilgrimage site steps from Prague Castle. Walk the cloister and its chapels, admire the painted ceilings, and see the collection of liturgical objects.
★ 4.9 · 4,155 reviews
Walk through the Army Museum in Žižkov and follow Czech military history from the Middle Ages onward. See uniforms, weapons and banners, and experience the immersive First World War rooms.
★ 4.4 · 1,797 reviews
Discover the House of the Black Madonna, a Cubist landmark in Staré Město. Study Czech Cubist design across its floors, then settle into the ornate café.
★ 4.5 · 2,286 reviews
Visit the Karel Zeman Museum in Malá Strana and see how classic movie magic was made. Try the hands-on stations that reveal the special effects behind his films.
★ 4.8 · 4,381 reviews
Head out to the Aircraft Museum Prague-Kbely and wander one of the world's oldest airfields. Walk between hangars and open-air displays of Second World War and Cold War aircraft, all labelled in Czech and English.
★ 4.8 · 1,034 reviews
Pop into NaFilM, Prague's National Film Museum in Nové Město. Try the hands-on exhibits on film, animation and photography, then relax with a coffee in the museum cafe.
★ 4.3 · 1,532 reviews
Discover the Museum of Prague in Nové Město, where the city's past comes to life. Marvel at the 19th-century paper model of Prague, try the interactive displays, and watch projections on how the riverbank changed.
★ 4.5 · 3,144 reviews
Enter the hidden workshop of a sixteenth-century alchemist in Prague. A guided tour that offers a glimpse into medieval science and its secrets.
★ 4.8 · 583 reviews
Slip off the busy tourist street into a quiet museum in a historic house. A calm cultural stop in the heart of Prague's Old Town.
★ 4.6 · 1,845 reviews
Slip into the Museum of Decorative Arts in Staré Město, housed in a grand 1897 building. Wander past glass, ceramics, clocks and textiles, admire the ornate staircases, and catch whichever special exhibition is on.
★ 4.7 · 816 reviews
Go behind the scenes at Sparta Prague's epet ARENA, entering through the VIP door like a club guest. Walk the players' tunnel, sit in the press seats and step out to the pitch with a guide.
★ 4.6 · 5,867 reviews
Explore DOX, Holešovice's centre for contemporary art. Move through provocative temporary exhibitions, then browse the design store and rest on the café's outdoor terrace.
★ 4.6 · 4,925 reviews
Discover the Jerusalem Synagogue, a Moorish and Art Nouveau jewel away from the main tourist trail. Admire the patterned facade, then enter the ornate hall and the exhibition on the upper balcony.
★ 4.6 · 2,486 reviews
Head out to Střešovice for the Museum of Public Transport, based in a former tram depot. Walk among vintage trams and buses, peek inside the cabins, and browse the models, photographs and maps.
★ 4.7 · 600 reviews
Tour a modernist villa by Adolf Loos and its restored interiors. A must for architecture fans, so book your guided visit well ahead.
★ 3.8 · 2,377 reviews
Duck into the Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague, a snug, offbeat museum in Malá Strana. Read up on alchemy downstairs, then follow a guide up to the tower laboratory to hear tales of Kelly and Dee.
★ 4.5 · 618 reviews
Step inside Clam-Gallas Palace, a baroque residence in Staré Město without the usual queues. Follow the audio guide through its ornate rooms and admire the decoration at an unhurried pace.
★ 4.5 · 788 reviews
Slip into the Antonín Dvořák Museum, a quiet villa with a garden in Nové Město. Browse the composer's instruments, letters and photographs, then watch the short biographical video that ties his life together.
★ 4.3 · 447 reviews
Visit the Bedřich Smetana Museum, tucked into a riverside waterworks building beside the Vltava. Study the composer's documents and personal belongings on a single quiet floor, guide in hand.
★ 4.6 · 7,183 reviews
Escape to Trojský zámek, a Baroque chateau with richly frescoed rooms on Prague's northern edge. Tour the galleries of Czech painting, then wander the French garden and its labyrinth.
Prague · 🎨 Museum
National Museum
2h
National Technical Museum
Lobkowicz Palace
1h15
Franz Kafka Museum
1h
National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror
Museum of Communism
National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace
1h30
Mucha Foundation Art Museum
45 min
Prague · 🏛️ Landmark
Church of Our Lady Victorious and The Infant Jesus of Prague
30 min
National Gallery Prague - Convent of St. Agnes
Loreto
Military History Institute in Prague: The Army Museum Žižkov
House of the Black Madonna
Karel Zeman Museum
Aircraft museum Prague-Kbely
NaFilM: Národní filmové muzeum
Museum of Prague
Speculum Alchemiae
Prague Museum – House at the Golden Ring
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
Prague · ⚽ Sport
AC Sparta Praha Stadium Tour
2h30
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Jerusalem Synagogue | Prague
Museum of Public Transport
Villa Müller
Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague
Clam-Gallas Palace
Antonín Dvořák Museum
Bedřich Smetana Museum
Trojský zámek
