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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.

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.

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.

One of the finest Cubist buildings in Europe, the Black Madonna houses a permanent exhibition of Czech Cubism, as well as other Czech and international art dating from the first half of the 20th century.

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.

Although there is a slightly kitsch element to the displays here, this new museum hopes to enable visitors to “experience” first hand 40 years of life under the Communist regime. Some critics assailed the entrepreneurs behind the show for not getting the approval of totalitarian experts, but it is nevertheless proving to be one of the city’s more popular modern museums.

The museum’s collection of Judaic art is perhaps the world’s largest, while other exhibits present a picture of the life and history of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia. The collection is spread out around the synagogues of Josefov.

The museum has recently spiced up its collection of crystal, porcelain and woodcarving with exhibitions of Czech fashion and other shows.

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.

A celebration of more than 100 years of Prague’s transport systems, from horse-drawn carriages to the metro. There are more than 40 vehicles on display.