Are you a museum enthusiast? Prague is the place to go because besides the usual ones there are some museums in Prague that will definitely surprise you!
You might have read our article Top 14 Museums in Czech Republic, this time we’re going to focus just on the Prague museum scene. It’s hard to day which ones are the best museums in Prague, so I’ve made a list and you can decide for yourself.
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For History aficionados…
National Museum
The National Museum in Prague offers extensive history expositions in the part dedicated to history.
Museum of Prague
The Museum of Prague is dedicated to the history of the Czech capital.
Interactive Museum Trilopark
Workshops of this interactive museum allow kids and adults to learn about the history of our planet.
Museum of Communism
How was life in Czechoslovakia during the era of communism? How did the censorship work, how was daily life of the people and every student’s school life with so many repressions in force, when even toilet paper or good health care were scarce? How was is to have a family member taken away and executed for expressing an opinion? This unique exposition in Prague offers its visitors a glimpse on several aspect of those hard times.
Jewish Museum in Prague
The museum holds one of the most extensive expositions in the world – 40.000 items and 100.000 books.
Charles Bridge Museum
Charles Bridge in Prague has been a witness to hundreds of years of wars, coronations, celebrations and everyday life.
Chlupáč Museum of the History of Earth
Charles university museum with an important fossil collection including an 8 meter dinosaur skeleton.
Natural Science Museums in Prague
National Museum
The Museum of Natural Science is a part of the National Museum and it offers expositions on the topic of Evolutions, Minerals, Nature of Prague, and its permanent expositions include the Paleontology collection, Entomology collection, Anthropology collection, Herbarium and more.
Hrdlička Museum of Man
This anthropology museum belongs to the Faculty of Natural Science of Charles University
Museum of Human and Comparative Anatomy
Museum of the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University
Music, anyone?
Jaroslav Ježek Memorial
Dedicated to the Czech musical genius of the 20th century.
Bedřich Smetana Museum
Dedicated to Bedřich Smetana, the author of Vltava (The Moldau) from the cycle of symphonic poems called Má vlast (My country).
Antonín Dvořák Museum
Dedicated to Antonín Dvořák, the most internationally played Czech composer.
Czech Museum of Music
As a part of the National Museum, the Czech Museum of Music offers more than 700.000 exhibition items including music instruments. Part of the exhibition is interactive.
Popmuseum
Museum and archive of popular music.
Cars, trains and other machines
National Technical Museum
The permanent exhibitions include topics like Railroads, Mining, Cameras, Measuring time or Chemistry. There are also temporary exhibitions and virtual tours.
Aviation Museum Kbely
Exhibitions focused on Czechoslovak and Czech aviation.
City Transport Museum
The tram depot in Prague-Střešovice is the home of exposition of historical vehicles of the public transport in Prague.
Railway Kingdom
460 m2 of railway miniatures in Prague-Smíchov.
Trabant Museum
A museum dedicated to the most popular East-German personal vehicle.
Army and Police
Czech-Slovak Legion Museum
Expositions on uniforms, weapons, legion art and more.
Museum of Police
Enjoy the adventures of criminality and learn about the history of police troops in the Czech Republic.
Army Museum Žižkov
Army museum of the Military History Institute of Prague.
Museum of Firefighting
The first museum dedicated to firefighting can be found on V úvoze 10 in Prague – Velká Chuchle.
All about Movies
Karel Zeman Movie Museum
This museum focuses on movies and fantasy and even offers boat trips.
Interactive Movie Museum NaFilm
Another movie museum, this time interactive!
Film Legends Museum Prague
Private collection of pop-culture exhibits.
Art Museums Prague
Illusion Art Museum prague
Czech Republic’s first museum dedicated to illusion and trick art.
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
This modern art museum in Prague offers permanent and temporary expositions on art and design.
Museum Kampa
Museum Kampa is a contemporary art museum in Prague that specializes in modern art of the 20th century.
Salvador Dalí Museum
Discover the life and art of the enigmatic Spanish artist.
Mucha Museum
Life and work of the author of the Slav Epic.
Find more galleries in Prague in Art Galleries in Prague.
Mysterious and Scary
Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague
Alchemy, magic and mystery, that’s the theme of this museum.
Prague Ghosts and Legends of Old Prague Museum
Prepare to be scared!
Museum of Torture
It’s exactly what the name says – museum of torture tools and torture law application.
Looking for something different?
National Museum
The National Museum offers many different temporary exhibitions and it’s worth checking the museum webpage for updates. Just to mention some of the exhibitions – Czech marionettes, Folkloric exposition for sight-impaired, Fashion style of First Ladies, Emil Holub exhibition.
Museum of Fantastic Illusions
Enjoy more than 150 interactive exhibits in the museum of illusions in Prague.
Retro Museum Prague
Take a peak into the life of Czechs mainly before the Velvet Revolution.
Lego Museum Prague
Did you know that the Lego Museum in Prague features the most exhibits in the world? The exhibition is divided into theme parts (Harry Potter, pirates, magic world and much more) and offers more than 2500 models. Open every day of the week!
National Museum of Agriculture
If gamekeeping, tractors, fishing or landscaping is your thing, visit the National Museum of Agriculture!
Sex Machines Museum
This is something for the adults only! The Sex Machine Museum shows 350 sex toys and machines from all over the world and you can watch erotic movies from the beginning of the 20th century in the old theatre. How about taking a little naughty detour on your sightseeing in Prague?
Museum of Chocolate
Chocolate museum for all people with a sweet tooth!
Pedal Planet
This museum is full of cute little pedal cars!
Madame Tussaud Wax Museum
Meet your favorite celebrities in person! In wax person, that is.
Toy Museum Prague
400 hundred years of evolution of toys in the Prague Castle!
Kafka Museum
Museum dedicated to one of the most famous people ever born in Prague.
Museum of Senses Prague
Awaken your senses and allow your mind to be blown in the museum of the senses in Prague!
Museum of Waterworks Prague
Learn about the chemical treatment of water and visit the water tower.
Gas Industry Museum
The headquarters of the Pražská planárenská company in Prague-Michle is home to the exposition of the Czech gas industry.
Museum of Miniatures
Discover a world so small that it’s invisible to the naked eye.
Charm of Old Times
This museum is all about the fashion of the time period 1850 – 1930.
Prague museum of Meissen porcelain
Not far from Wenceslas square you can admire an exposition of 3.000 pieces of the Meissen porcelain.
Czech Beer Museum
Learn about the history of Czech beer brewing in this museum in Prague’s Old Town. Or from our article Czech Beer – History and Interesting Facts
The National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J. A. Comenius
Permanent and temporary exhibitions dedicated to the legacy of Jan Ámos Komenský, the father of pedagogy.
Czech Garnet Museum
Exhibition of the famous Czech gemstone.
Absintherie – Museum of Absinth
Well, an Absinth museum!
Coffee Museum
Museum of history of coffee making – beverages, machines, procedures.
Technical and Documentary Museum of Prague Energy
Generation, transmission and distribution of electricity since the 20th century.
Stomatology Museum
Museum of the Charles university dedicated to the medical discipline of stomatology.
Postal Museum
Stamps from all over the world and other philatelic gems, that’s what you can see in the postal museum of Prague.
Museum of Historical Chamber Pots and Toilettes
How did kings go number 1 and 2? And princesses? And common folks? You can find answers to all these burning questions in this peculiar museum.
