У Празі є безліч музеїв – Музей Дворжака, Музей Сметани, Музей стародавнього чеського мистецтва (у Празькому Граді), Національний технічний музей, Празький єврейський музей, Національний музей, Воєнно-історичний музей, Празький музей декоративного мистецтва, колекція європейського мистецтва в Національній галереї міста Праги тощо.
Якщо ви не музейний тип або в Празі лише ненадовго, рекомендуємо заглянути в Національний музей, де ви можете оглянути церемоніальний зал.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
Permanent exhibitions: Primeval history of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, Mineralogical and petrological collections, zoological collection, palaeontological collection, anthropological collection.
Location: Prague 1, Václayské náměstí 68, www.nm.cz
Opening hours: daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (May – September), daily 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (October – April). Closed every first Tuesday of the month. Admission free every first Monday of the month.
BEDŘICH SMETANA’S MUSEUM
Permanent exhibition offers an introduction into the life and works of Bedřich Smetana (1824 – 1884) – the world famous Czech composer and conductor.
Location: Prague 1, Novotného lávka 1, www.nm.cz
Opening hours: daily except Tuesdays 10 a.m. — 12 noon and 12.30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK’S MUSEUM
Location: Prague 2, Ke Karlovu 20, www.nm.cz
Opening hours: daily except Mon. 10 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. (April – September), daily except Mon. 9.30 a.m. -1.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. — 5 p.m. (October – March). America Garden daily except Mon 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
PRAGUE CITY MUSEUM
Location: Prague 8, Na Poříčí 52, www.muzeumprahy.cz
Opening hours: daily except Mon. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., every first Thursday of the month 9 a.m. — 8 p.m. Permanent exhibition: Indian cultures of North and South America. Cultures of Australia and Oceania. Opening hours: daily except Monday 10 a.m. -6p.m.
BERTRAMKA (MEMORIAL TO W. A. MOZART)
A villa from the latter half of the 17′ century where W A. Mozart stayed during his visits in Prague in 1787 and 1791. He finished the opera Don Giovanni here.
Location: Prague 5, Mozartova 169, www.bertramka.cz
Opening hours: daily 9.30 a.m. — 4 p.m. (January – March, November, December), daily 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (April – October).
MUSEUM OF COMMUNISM
Permanent exhibition: Dreams, Reality and Nightmares – depicts the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
Location: Prague 1, Na Příkopě 10, Savarin Palace, www.muzeumkomunismu.cz
Opening hours: daily 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
ALPHONSE MUCHA MUSEUM
Permanent exhibition: Works of Alphonse Mucha (1860 – 1939), the acclaimed founder of the Art-Nouveau style.
Location: Prague 1, Panská 7, www.mucha.cz
Opening hours: Mon. – Fri. 11 p.m. – 5 p.m., Sat. + Sun. 11 p.m. – 6 p.m. (January, February), daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (March – December).
FRANZ KAFKA’S PERMANENT EXHIBITION
Permanent exhibition: Memorial hall commemorating the life and work of the most famous writer of Prague German literature.
Location: Prague 1, náměstí Franze Kafky
Opening hours: Tue. — Fri. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
FRANZ KAFKA’S MUSEUM
Permanent exhibition: Franz Kafka and Prague – the life and work of Kafka through documents (photographs, manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, first editions of his works, audio-visual works, music).
Location: Prague 1, Cihelná 2b, www.kafkamuseum.cz
Opening hours: daily 11 p.m. – 5 p.m. (January, February), daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (March – December).
NATIONAL TECHNICAL MUSEUM
Permanent exhibitions: Transport (road, air railway and shipping traffic). Astronomy. The measurement of time. Intercamera (history of photographic and film technology) Metallurgy. Acoustics and noise ecology. Mining (ore and coal mines) Evolution of telecommunications technology.
Location: Prague 7, Kostelní 42, www.ntm.cz
PUPPET MUSEUM
Permanent exhibition: Puppet making traditions in the Czech Lands from the early 178′ century to the early 20th century. Czech traditional and modern puppet theatre; puppet cultures of the world; puppets from the collections of famous Czech carvers.
Location: Prague 1, Karlova 44, www.puppetart.com
Opening hours: daily 3 p.m. – 4.30 p.m., tours may be scheduled outside opening hours.
WAX MUSEUM
Permanent exhibition: Czech and international famous personalities from the area of culture, politics and sports.
Location: Prague 1, Melantrichova 5, www.waxmuseumprague.cz
Opening hours: daily 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
U FLEKŮ BREWERY MUSEUM
Permanent exhibition: The history of beer making.
Location: Prague 1, Křemencova 11, www.ufleku.cz
Opening hours: Mon. — Fri. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat. + Sun. and holidays only groups of min. 10 people after previous reservation.
