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Prague Museums
Prague Museums:
The National Museum
Národní Museum
Main Building
Address: Praha 1, Václavské námestí 68
How to get there: Transport: subway A/C - station Museum, tram 11 - stop Museum - line 11
Phone: 00420224497111 or last three digits: 212, 352, 376
Opening hours: Mon- Sun 10:00 - 18:00 (V. - IX.), 9:00 - 17:00 (X. - IV.) except every first Tuesday of the month
All next information available on: http://www.nm.cz/english/info.php
Permanent exhibition:
Prehistory of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia
Mineralogical and Petrological Collections
Palaeontological Collections
Zoological Collections
Anthropology - Human bones are speaking...
Osteology collections
Exhibitions in the main building
Gallery Trickster
Cabinet of book culture
Actual exhibitions:
http://www.nm.cz/vystavy-vypis.php
Exhibitions in preparation:
http://www.nm.cz/pripravujeme-vypis.php
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Lobkovic Palace
Address: Praha 1 - Castle, Jirská 3
How to get there: subway A, station Malostranská, tram 22, stop Prague Castle
Phone: 00420257535121, 00420257534578, 00420257535979
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 9:00 - 17:00
Free entrance every first Wednesday in the months
All next information available on: http://www.nm.cz/english/info.php
Permanent exhibition:
MONUMENTS OF THE NATIONAL HISTORY
From the 4th century B.C. up to the middle of the 19th century A.D. you can see a complete picture of history in Bohemia and Moravia.
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Náprstek Museum
Address: Praha 1, Betlémské námetí 1
How to get there: subway B, station Národní, tram 6, 9, 18, 22 - stop Národní
Phone: 00420222221416 – 17
Opening hours: Tue- Sun 9:00 - 17:30
Free entrance every first Friday in the months
All next information available on: http://www.aconet.cz/npm
Permanent exhibition:
Cultures of Australia and Oceania
Indian cultures of North and South America
Tyrš Museum of physical culture and sports
Address: The building of the National museum of Agriculture, Prague 7, Kostelní 44
Phone: 0042 257 311 703
Attention: Call before you will visit study room and library!
Lapidarium
Address: Výstavište 422, 170 00 Praha 7
How to get there: subway C, station Vltavská, Railway station, tram 5, 12, 17 - stop Výstavište
Phone: 00420233375636
Opening hours: Tue - Fri 12:00 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 18:00
closed Mo
Permanent exhibition:
Monuments of stone sculpture in Bohemia from the 11th to the 19th centuries.
The Krocín fountain, column of Virgin Mary, original sculptural groups from the Charles bridge, and other works by famous sculptors represent one of the most attractive exhibitions in Prague at present.
All next information available on: http://www.nm.cz/english/info.php
Museum of František Palacký and František Ladislav Rieger
Address: Palackého 7, 110 00 Praha 1
How to get there: Mustek, lines A, B
Phone: 00420224497376
Opening hours: April - October only on Mondays from 9:00 to 17:00 hrs
Permanent exhibition:
Flat preserving the original living and working environment of František Palacký and his son-in-law František Ladislav Rieger.
Exhibition of Historic Pharmacies
Address: Nerudova 32, 110 00 Praha 1
How to get there: Malostranská - line A, tram: Malostranské námestí - line 12, 22
subway A, station Malostranská, tram 12, 22 - stop Malostranské námestí
Phone: 00420 257531502
Opening hours: October - March. Tue-Fri 11,00 - 17,00 hrs
Permanent exhibition:
The culture of pharmaceutical work and the picture of pharmacies in Bohemia and Moravia from the Renaissance period up to the 19th century.
Part of the present exhibition is also the furniture of the pharmacy At the Golden Lion.
The pharmacy culture and the image of pharmacies in the Czech lands from Renaissance to the XIXth century
Museum of Bedrich Smetana
Address: Novotného lávka, 110 00 Praha 1
How to get there: subway A, station Staromestská
Phone: 00420222220082
Opening hours: Wed to Mon 10:00- 12:00, 12:30- 17:00 hrs,
closed on Tuesday
Phone reservation requested.
Permanent exhibition:
The life and work of Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Museum of Antonín Dvorák
Address: Ke Karlovu 20, 120 00 Praha 2
How to get there: subway C, station I. P. Pavlova
Phone: 00420224918013
Opening hours: Tue - Sun 10:00 - 17:00
Prior phone reservation requested.
Permanent exhibition:
The life and work of Antonín Dvorák
Memorial of Jaroslav Ježek (Blue room)
Address: Kaprova 10, 110 00 Praha 1
How to get there: subway A, station Staromestská, tram 17, 18, stop Staromestská
Phone: 00420224818393
Opening hours: Tuesday 13:00 - 18:00
Permanent exhibition:
Room in a private flat furnished in the style of functionalism by architect František Zelenka, author of stage sets of the Free Theatre. Part of the Memorial are also the original library and discotheque of Jaroslav Ježek.
Memorial Vítkov
Address: Zizkov
Opening hours: every first Saturday in the month begins at 14 hrs.
Informations about visits: PIS, 00420221 714 151-2
Prior phone reservation requested.
Phone: 00420222 781 676
All next information available on: www.pamatnik-vitkov.cz
Nights in the MAUSOLEUM
All next information available on: www.nocivmauzoleu.eu
Musaion
ethnographical exhibition
Address: The Kinský Summer House, 150 00 Prague 5
Kinského zahrada 98
Phone: 00420257 325 766
Opening hours: daily except Monday: X. - IV. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., V.- IX. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
Musaion, a permanent ethnographical exhibition of the National Museum dedicated to the folk culture of the Czech Republic
Actual exhibitions:
http://www.nm.cz/vystavy-vypis.php
The Czech museum of music
Ceské muzeum hudby
Address: 118 00 Prague 1, Karmelitská 2/4
Phone: 00420257 257 757
Opening hours: daily except Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
On the first Thursday of every month entry free.
Actual exhibitions:
http://www.nm.cz/vystavy-vypis.php
Permanent exhibition:
Human-instrument-music
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The City of Prague Museum
Muzeum hl. mesta Prahy
Main Building
Address: Prague 1, Na Porící 52
Phone: 00420224 816 773
Opening hours: daily except Monday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
Permanent exhibition:
The development of Prague from the earliest settlement of the Prague Basin to the year 1784
Langweill’s Model of Prague from the years 1826 - 1837
Actual exhibitions:
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/texty/vystavy.php
Exhibitions in preparation:
http://www.muzeumprahy.cz/texty/pripravujeme.php
Müller Villa
Müllerova vila
Address: Prague 6, Nad Hradním vodojemem 14/642
Phone: 00420224 312 012
Opening hours: From April 1st until October 31st, 2006 open Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun (tours commence at 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm) always with expert commentary - for groups not larger than 7 persons.
Access on visitor days upon prior booking only by phone: 00420224 312 012
One of the most important functionalist architectural monuments in the world from architect Adolf Loos
All next information available on: www.villamuller.cz
The Museum podskalská Customs at Výton
Podskalská celnice na Výtoni
Address: Prague 2, Rašínovo nábreží 412
How to get there: Metro line B - Karlovo nám., Tram 3, 7, 16, 17, 21 - Výton
Phone: 00420224919833
Opening hours: daily except Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
History of the former Podskalí settlement, rafting on the Vltava, freight ship transport and Prague passenger steam ships.
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
Umeleckoprumyslové museum v Praze
Address: Prague 1, ul. 17. listopadu 2
Phone: 00420251 093 111
Opening hours: extended opening hours every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. free entry), Wednesday - Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
Stories of Materials
Actual exhibitions:
http://www.upm.cz/index.php?page=123&year=now&language=en
Exhibitions in preparation:
http://www.upm.cz/index.php?page=123&year=plan&language=en
All next information available on:
http://www.upm.cz/?language=en
The Josef Sudek Gallery
Josef Sudek’s flat in 1959 - 1976)
Address: Prague 1, Úvoz 24
Phone: 00420257 531 489
Opening hours: Wednesday – Sunday; X. - III. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; IV. - IX. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Actual exhibitions:
http://www.upm.cz/index.php?page=123&year=now&language=en
Exhibitions in preparation:
http://www.upm.cz/index.php?page=123&year=plan&language=en
All next information available on:
http://www.upm.cz/?language=en
The Herget Brickyard Building
Hergertova Cihelna
Address: Cihelná 2, Prague 1
How to get there: located at the embankment of the Vltava river with amazing views of Charles bridge.
Phone: 00420221 451 400, 00420257 535 510
Opening hours: daily from 10.00 to 18.00
Actual exhibitions:
The Prague Jewellery collection
Jewellery from the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague.
All next information available on: www.cihelna.info
Museum Kampa
Jan and Meda Mladek foundation
Address: U Sovových mlýnu 503/2, 118 00 Prague 1
Phone: 00420 257 286 147
Opening hours: daily: 10 am-6 pm
Permanent exhibition:
František Kupka- collections of the abstract art pioneer.
Otto Gutfreund- the most important Czech sculptor of the first half of the 20th century is presented mainly by bronze cast cubist sculptures.
Modern Central European Art - the exhibition presents works by important Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian and Yugoslavian artists mainly from the '60s to '80s, but also includes contemporary art.
Actual exhibitions and all next information available on: www.museumkampa.cz
Mucha Museum
Address: Praha 1, Panská 7
Phone: 00420221 451 333
Opening hours: daily I. - II. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; III. - XII. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
Over 100 exhibits from the great Czech artist, Alphonse Mucha (1860 - 1939), the master of Art Nouveau.
All next information available on: www.mucha.cz
Franz Kafka Museum
Address: Hergetova cihelna, Cihelná 2, Prague 1
Phone: 00420221 451 400
Opening hours: daily: 10 am-6 pm
Permanent exhibition:
The City of K. Franz Kafka and Prague
All next information available on: www.kafkamuseum.cz
Bertramka
W. A. Mozart and the Dušek Family Museum
Address: Prague 5, Mozartova 169
How to get there: Metro line B - Andel, Trams 4, 7, 9, 12, 14 – Bertramka
Opening hours: open daily XI. - III. 9.30 a.m. - 4 p.m.; IV. - X. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Phone: 00420257318461
Permanent exhibition:
The Summer House of Mozart's Friends - Husband and Wife Dušeks, where W. A. Mozart completed the opera Don Giovanni and composed the aria "Bella mia fiamma, addio" for his hostess Josefina Dušková
Concert programme and all next information available on: www.bertramka.com
Museum of Czech literature
Památník národního písemnictví
Address: Prague 1, Strahovské nádvorí 1
Phone: 00420220516695
How to get there: Tram 22, 23 – Pohorelec
Opening hours: daily except Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Actual exhibitions and all next information available on: www.pamatniknarodnihopisemnictvi.cz
Hvezda Summer Pavilion
Letohrádek Hvezda
Address: Wildpark Hvezda, Prague 6-Liboc
How to get there: Hvezda Summer Pavilion is next of the Museum of Czech Literature.
Phone: 00420220 612 230
Opening hours: IV. - X. daily except Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibition is closed during the winter months (November to March).
Permanent exhibition:
the Past and the present of the Hvezda Summer Pavilion.
Pedagogical Museum of J. A. Comenius
“The House at the Golden Sun”
Pedagogické muzeum J. A. Komenského v Praze
Address: Prague 1 - Malá Strana, Valdštejnská 20
Phone: 00420257 533 455
Opening hours: daily except Mondays from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
THE CZECH SCHOOL and J. A. COMENIUS
http://www.pmjak.cz/English/stalaexpoziceen.htm
Actual exhibitions:
http://www.pmjak.cz/English/vystavyprobihajicien.htm
All next information available on: www.pmjak.cz
The Orthodox Cathedral of ss Cyril and Methodus prague
Pravoslavný katedrální chrám sv. Cyrila a Metodeje Praha
Address: Prague 2, Resslova 9
Phone: 00420224 920 686
Opening hours: every day, except Monday: XI. - III. from 10 am to 4 pm; IV. - X. from 10 am to 5 pm
Permanent exhibition:
The National Memorial to the HEROES of the Heydrich Terror
The Jewish Museum in Prague
Židovské muzeum v Praze
Address: Prague 1, U Staré školy 1, 3
Phone: 00420221 711 511
www.jewishmuseum.cz
Opening hours: daily except Saturdays and Jewish holidays: IV. - X. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., XI. - III. from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
All next information available on: www.jewishmuseum.cz
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The Maisel Synagogue
Address: U Starého hrbitova 3a, Prague 1
Permanent exhibition:
The History of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia 1
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The Spanish Synagogue
Address: Vezenská Street, Prague 1
Permanent exhibition:
The history of the jews in bohemia and Moravia 2
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The Pinkas Synagogue
Entry from Široká Street 3, Prague 1
Permanent exhibition:
Children’s Drawings from Terezín 1942 - 1944
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The Klausen Synagogue
Address: U Starého hrbitova 3a, Prague 1
Permanent exhibition:
Jewish Customs and Traditions
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The Ceremonial Hall
Address: U Starého hrbitova 3a, Prague 1
Permanent exhibition:
Jewish Customs and Traditions
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The Old Jewish Cemetery
Address: Široká Street 3, Prague 1
(Entry from the Pinkas Synagogue)
Robert Guttmann Gallery
Galerie Roberta Guttmanna
Address: U Staré školy 3, Prague 1
Phone: 00420221 711 511
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The Old- New Synagogue
Address: Cervená Street
Opening hours: daily except Saturday and Jewish holidays: IV. - X. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., XI. - III. from 9 a.m.to 4.30 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m.
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The Jewish Cemetery in Žižkov
Address: Fibichova Street, Prague 3
Opening hours: every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Prague Public Transport Museum
Muzeum mestské hromadné dopravy v Praze
Address: Prague 6, Patockova 4 - Tram depot Strešovice
Phone: 00420296 124 900
All next information available on: www.dpp.cz , www.dp-praha.cz
Opening hours: on weekends from April 1 to November 17, 2006 from 9 am to 5 pm.
Permanent exhibition:
HISTORICAL TRANSPORTION ORIGINALS, MODELS, WRITTEN DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS and DRAWINGS
Special Historical Tram Tours
Reservations on phone 00420296 124 902
Regularly tour by tram: Nostalgic tram No.91
Postal Museum
Poštovní muzeum
Address: Prague 1, Nové mlýny 2/1239
Phone: 00420222312006
How to get there: Metro line B - Námestí Republiky, Trams 5, 8, 14 - Dlouhá
Opening hours: daily except Mondays from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
Postage stamps of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and classic postage stamps from Europe and the USA
The Central Bohemian Museum in Roztoky near Prague
Stredoceské muzeum Roztoky u Prahy
Address: Chateau 1, 252 63 Roztoky near Prague
How to get there: Metro line A - Dejvická, then by bus no. 340 or 350 - railway station Roztoky, train from Masaryk’s railway station to railway station Roztoky – app. 20 minutes by train
Phone: 00420233029011
Opening hours: daily except Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m..
Permanent exhibition:
The History and Building Development of the Chateau - Biedermeier Style in salon, Renaissance Hall, …
Postcards family museum
Address: Prague 1, Liliová 4
How to get there: House “U Cervené židle” - next to Betlémské square
Phone: 00420222222519
All next information available on: www.muzeumpohledu.cz/
Opening hours: daily except Mon from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
Postcards from 1890 – 1930
The Museum of Children’s Pictures
Green Frog House
Address: Prague 1, U Radnice 13/8 - first floor
Opening hours: daily except Monday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Phone: 00420224 234 482
All next information available on: www.muzeumuzaby.cz
Wax Museum Prague
Muzeum voskových figurín
All next information available on: www.vaxmuseumprague.cz
Phone: 00420224 933 349
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Wax Museum Prague Czech and World Celebrities
Address: Prague 1, Melantrichova 5
Phone: 00420224 229 852
Opening hours: daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Wax Museum Prague - Czech history
Address: Prague 1, Mostecká 18
Phone: 00420257 535 735
Opening hours: daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
Czech history personalities
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Wax Museum is located in Karlštejn and Ceský Krumlov too.
The Toy Museum
Muzeum hracek
Address: Prague 1, Jirská 6 (The Old Burgrave in Prague Castle)
How to get there: Metro line A and Trams 12, 18, 22, 23 – Malostranská, entry from Old Castle Steps. Tram 22, 23 - Prague Castle, entry from Jirská Street, from St. George’s Basilic
Opening hours: daily from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. during the season.
Phone: 00420224372294
All next information available on: www.muzeumhracek.cz
Permanent exhibition:
The Golden Age of Toys
(second largest exhibitions in Europe)
Museum of Miniatures
Muzeum miniatur
Address: Prague 1, Strahovské nádvorí 11\
How to get there: Tram 22, 23 – Pohorelec
Phone: 00420233352371
Opening hours: daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
Anatolij Konenko
All next information available on: www.muzeumminiatur.cz
The Prague Waterworks Museum
The Podolí Water Plant
Museum pražského vodárenství
Address: Podolská vodárna, Prague 4 - Podolí
Opening hours: Saturday and Sunday, March 18 and 19, 2006 from 9.30 to 16.30
Permanent exhibition:
Engel’s filtration station, historic development of the Prague waterworks
All next information available on: www.pvk.cz
Gas Museum
Plynárenské muzeum
Address: 145 08 Prague 4 - Michle, U Plynárny 500
How to get there: tram 11 or Bus 188 Plynárna Michle
Opening hours: only by appointment
Phone: 00420267 172 482, 00420267 172 439
Permanent exhibition:
The history of Czech gas industry
The Eco- Technical Museum
the old wastewater treatment plant
Ekotechnické museum - stará kanalizacní cistírna
Address: Prague 6, Papírenská 6
Phone: 00420233325500
How to get there: Line A - Hradcanská, then by bus line 131 - the Bubenec railway station, then walk railways bridge
Opening hours: V. - X. Saturdays and Sundays (tours commence at 10.30, 12.30, 14.30, 16.00)
Permanent exhibition:
excursions into the canalisation catacombs in the underground, pumping steam engines
All next information available on: www.ekotechnickemuseum.cz
The museum of communism
Address: Prague 1, Savarin Palace-first floor, Na Príkope 10
Phone: 00420224212966
Opening hours: daily (incl. public holidays) from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
Communism in Czechoslovakia.
All next information available on: www.museumofcommunism.cz
The Military History Institute
Vojenský historický ústav
All next information available on: www.vhu.cz
Army Museum
Address: U památníku 2, Prague 3
Phone: 00420973 204 924
How to get there: Metro line B/C - Florenc, Bus 133, 207 - U Památníku
Opening hours: Tue 8 - 11.30 am and 12.30 - 6 pm, Wed 8 - 11.30 am and 12.30 - 4 pm, Thu 8 - 11.30 am and 12.30 - 4 pm (the lending-library), 12.30 - 6 pm (the reading room)
Permanent exhibition:
ALLEGIANCE TO THE REPUBLIC
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Exhibition of the Military History Institute in the Powder Tower Mihulka
The Prague Castle Compound (entry from the Vikárská Street behind the St. Vitus's Cathedral)
April - October daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., November - March daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m
Phone: 00420224 373 652
Permanent exhibition:
Development of Military Science in the 17th Century (ground floor)
Development of Military Science in the 18th Century (1st floor)
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Aviation Museum
Letecké muzeum
Address: Airfield Kbely, Mladoboleslavská Street, Prague 9
Phone: 00420973 207 504
Opening hours: April 29 - October 31, 2006 daily except Mondays from 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (during the winter months - closed)
Permanent exhibition:
over 270 aircrafts - one of the top European and worldwide aviation museums
The Military Technical Museum
Vojenské technické muzeum
Address: Lešany near Týnec nad Sázavou
Phone: 00420317 702 130
Opening hours: May 27 - the end of September, 2006: VI. + IX. open only Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; VII. + VIII. open Wednesday - Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (during the winter months - closed)
Permanent exhibition:
heavy artillery and rocket technology
The Police Museum of the Czech Republic
Muzeum Policie Ceské republiky
Address: Prague 2, Ke Karlovu Street 453/1
Phone: 00420224 922 183
Openinh hours: except Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Permanent exhibition:
security corps, the criminological practice and famous criminal cases….
Long-term exhibition: Prostitution in Old Prague
All next information available on: www.mvcr.cz/muzeum
The National Technical Museum
Národní Technické Muzeum
(First technical museums in the world - founded in 1908.)
Address: Prague 7, Kostelní 42
Phone: 00420220 399 111
Permanent exhibition:
Acoustics, Astronomy, The Transportation Hall, Measurement of time, Intercamera - history of photographic and film technology
All next information available on: www.ntm.cz
The National Museum of Agriculture
Národní zemedelské muzeum
Address: 170 00 Prague 7, Kostelní 44
Phone: 00420220 308 200
Opening hours: daily, except Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., free admission every first Wednesday in the month
Permanent exhibition:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD INDUSTRY IN THE CZECH COUNTRIES IN 19. AND 20. CENTURIES
A TRACTOR IS GOING - A COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
All next information available on: www.nzm.cz
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Museum of Agricultural Technology - Cáslav, U Drobovic 1762
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Museum of Gardening and the Environment Valtice Museum in Southern Moravia 691 42 Valtice, Nám. Svobody 8
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Museum of Forestry, Hunting and Fishing Ohrada Hunting-Lodge 373 41 Hluboká nad Vltavou, U Bezdreva 17
Pivovarské muzeum
U Fleku
Address: Prague 1 Kremencova 11
Phone: 00420224934019
Opening hours: daily - Mo - Fri 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sa - Su 10 a.m. - 4 p.m
All next information available on: www.ufleku.cz
