DK Travel : Prague : Museums & Galleries

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National Gallery

The National Gallery’s extensive art collection is spread throughout the city in six locations. Kinský Palace holds the prints and drawings collection; St George’s Convent the Mannerist and Baroque art (see St George’s Convent); St Agnes’s Convent, medieval art; Sternberg Palace, the Old Masters; Veletržní Palace, the modern and contemporary collections (see National Gallery); and Zbraslav Chateau, the collection of Asian art.
National Museum

Palaeontology, mineralogy and a host of other “ologies”. The museum’s collections are scattered throughout the country, but the Wenceslas Square edifice is a cultural artifact in its own right.
National Museum

The National Museum’s collections are also spread throughout the country, but the flagship site is the historical and natural history collections housed in the eponymous building at the top of Wenceslas Square.
National Technical Museum

The ultimate how-things-work museum, with exhibitions on mining, telecommunications and transport. Get a guide to show you the coal mine in the basement.
Oskar Kokoschka Gallery

The gallery of the Austrian Cultural Institute highlights the shared cultural heritage of Prague and Vienna. Shows have included retrospectives of Oskar Kokoschka and Gustav Klimt.
Police Museum

The museum documents the police’s efforts with engaging exhibits, such as an interactive crime scene.
Postage Stamp Museum

Philatelists’ mouths water over this one. Its exhibitions illustrate the colourful history of postage stamps in the Czech Republic and Europe. Sells commemorative sheets and graphic works too.
Prague Municipal Gallery

The city’s finest 20th-century Czech art collection is on display at the House of the Golden Ring, while the House at the Stone Bell and Old Town Hall (see Old Town Hall Features) are used for temporary exhibitions.
Rudolfinum

The “House of Artists” hosts a wide range of temporary exhibitions, each running several months. If you’re at all a fan of contemporary art, it’s always worth a visit, whatever aspect they are covering at the time.
Wax Museum Praha

Madame Tussaud’s, it isn’t, but its collection includes the best – and likely only – waxwork representations of President Václav Havel, tennis star Martina Navrátilová and author Franz Kafka.