Museums
For a city its size, Prague has large public collections, from Gothic altarpieces to the Czech avant-garde and living artists. These are the museums and public galleries worth your time, with current tickets and hours.
Dukelských hrdinů 47, Prague 7 · Holešovice
Czech art from 1796 to today in a 1920s functionalist building: the 19th century, the First Republic avant-garde, and the post-war and contemporary collection "The End of the Black-and-White Era". If you see one museum of Czech art, make it this one.
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 3.0Hradčanské náměstí 2, Prague 1 · Hradčany, by the Castle
Old Masters of the 16th to 18th centuries: Dürer's Feast of the Rose Garlands, Rembrandt's Scholar in His Study, El Greco, Rubens, Cranach, and the Bohemian Baroque.
Photo: svajcr, Public domainHradčanské náměstí 15, Prague 1 · Hradčany, by the Castle
Early Italian painting, Dutch and Flemish masters (Brueghel the Younger, Rubens, van Dyck, Hals) and Russian icons.
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0U Milosrdných 17, Prague 1 · Old Town
Medieval art of Bohemia and Central Europe, 1200–1550, in one of Prague's oldest Gothic buildings.
Photo: ŠJů (cs:ŠJů), CC BY-SA 3.0U Sovových mlýnů 2, Prague 1 · Malá Strana, on Kampa island
20th-century Central European art from the Jan and Meda Mládek collection: František Kupka, Otto Gutfreund, Jiří Kolář. In an old mill on the river, a few minutes from Charles Bridge.
Photo: Dobroš, CC BY-SA 4.0Klárov 132/5, Prague 1 · Malá Strana, at Malostranská
Modern and contemporary art in the converted Zenger electrical substation. Until 28 February 2027: Annette Messager. Café terrace with a view of the Castle. Closed on Tuesdays rather than Mondays.
Photo: John Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0Alšovo nábřeží 12, Prague 1 · Old Town, by the river
International contemporary art in the neo-Renaissance concert hall of the Czech Philharmonic. Past shows include Nan Goldin, Louise Bourgeois and Cindy Sherman.
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0Poupětova 1, Prague 7 · Holešovice
The largest independent contemporary art centre in the country, in a former factory, with the Gulliver airship on the roof. Combine it with the Trade Fair Palace, fifteen minutes' walk away.
Photo: Martin Mašek, CC BY-SA 4.0Several buildings; the two central ones are on Mariánské náměstí 1 (Municipal Library) and Staroměstské náměstí 13 (House at the Stone Bell) · Old Town
The city's gallery runs exhibitions in historic houses. Coming up: Jaroslav Čermák at the Municipal Library from 4 November 2026, and Milada Schmidtová Čermáková at the Gothic House at the Stone Bell from 3 December 2026. Villa Bílek in Prague 6 shows the sculptor František Bílek in his own house. Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace and Troja Château are closed for the winter.
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.017. listopadu 2, Prague 1 · Old Town, opposite the Rudolfinum
European applied art from the Middle Ages to now: glass, ceramics, furniture, posters, fashion and photography. The largest museum of glass in Prague; worth seeing before you shop for Bohemian glass.
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0Ovocný trh 19, Prague 1 · Old Town, at Celetná
Josef Gočár's 1912 department store, the first Cubist building, with Czech Cubist furniture, ceramics and painting upstairs and the Cubist Grand Café Orient on the first floor.
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 3.0Kaunický palác, Panská 7, Prague 1 · New Town
Almost a hundred originals by Alphonse Mucha: posters, paintings and drawings. Small; an hour is enough.
If you also want to buy something, see where to buy original art in Prague.
