Museums in Prague: list, description, interesting facts and reviews

Prague is a charming city, the beauty of which can be admired endlessly. There are many interesting sights here, only Charles Bridge is worth something!

There are museums in this wonderful city. In total there are more than 40 such institutions. It will be nice to learn that some museums in Prague arrange open days. The entrance is free at this time.

Here there are both ordinary museums, for example, the National, available in almost every major city, and others, unique and unusual. These include, for example, the exposure of chocolate or toys. Visiting such an institution is not only an excellent opportunity to dilute a walk, but also an occasion to learn something new. What museums are there in this city? And what can you see in them?

Museums of Prague: List

Considering that there are a lot of museums, and time can be limited, it becomes necessary to choose the most interesting ones, so that the spent time will be remembered for a long time. Below is a list of the most famous museums and a description of the most popular ones. So, in Prague you will find places:

• Dedicated to art (Kampa, Mucha, Kafka and miniatures museums).
• Dedicated to the history of the city (museums of the city of Prague, Charles Bridge and the National History Museum).
• Dedicated to subjects (museums of toys, chocolate, figurines from Lego and a postage stamp).
• Dedicated history (a museum of medieval instruments of torture, military history, communism and police, etc.).
• Devoted to music (museums of Smetana, Mozart and Dvorak).
• Related to the peculiarities of the culture of peoples (ethnographic and Jewish museums, a museum of the peoples of Asia, Africa and America).
• Unusual (museums of sex machines, brewing, night pots, as well as museums of legends and ghosts, alchemist and magician).

Museum of Alchemists and Magicians

Have you ever had a desire to purchase a magical elixir? If so, then definitely visit the alchemist's museum. Prague has something to show the interested spectator, since it is here! Seriously, this unusual institution exists to send visitors to the Middle Ages. It was in those times that science and magic were inseparable "girl-friends". The researchers, thanks to the close intertwining of these sciences, made great discoveries, which later became useful to the people.

The building in which the museum is located is one of the oldest in Prague. Recently it was restored and taken under UNESCO protection. Now there is a modern alchemic laboratory, and there is also a room for conducting experiments of Rudolf II, in which the mystical atmosphere of the 16th century prevails.

The Museum of Mages (Prague, again, has something to surprise) is also attractive because the tour includes visiting the underground rooms that were discovered in the 20th century. These workshops, as later managed to find out, were connected by tunnels leading to 3 important points of the city: the Old Town Hall, the Paris Castle and the barracks. But the most interesting, of course, is that visitors have the opportunity to inspect the underground part with old workshops, alchemic laboratories and mysterious catacombs.

Mucha Museum

No, it's not that nasty flying essence that does not give rest in the warm season. The museum is dedicated to a Czech painter named Alfons Mucha. This interesting institution tells of the difficult fate of the artist, more precisely, unusual and amazing. Alphonse was not accepted into the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, since he "did not have a talent". But somehow after a while this man became the pride of his people.

The Mucha Museum in Prague shows visitors the only exposition in the world dedicated to the Czech painter, his creativity and life. In total there are more than 100 exhibits, including paintings, decorative panels, statues, portraits, drawings, photos, personal items and posters.

Toy Museum

It will be very interesting not only for children, but also for adults, you can be sure! Here is the world's second largest exposition that has collected toys, dating back to Antiquity to this day. Also visitors of the museum can see a variety of puppet dolls of paper, fabric and wood. In total, the Toy Museum in Prague contains about 5000 exhibits.

Chocolate Museum

This institution will force you to reconsider your views on museums. How is it different from a regular store? Here you can watch the process of making different chocolate masterpieces, in particular the popular Belgian chocolate, as well as learn the history of the appearance of the silky variety. Even in the museum will tell you how to eat chocolate, so that it does not hurt, but brought benefits. And at the end of the tour you can buy the most delicious sweeties.

Museum of the City of Prague

Its exposition tells about the historical development of the city. Visiting the museums of Prague, you must find time for this institution. Historical, archeological, artistic and decorative exhibits and models are presented here, for example, one of them will show Prague what it was in the beginning of the XIX century.

The Wax Museum

In it, visitors will find more than 60 figures of famous personalities, not only in the Czech Republic, but all over the world, who are related to politics, sport, science and culture. There are among them Princess Libuši and Emperor Charles IV, Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin.

Charles Bridge Museum

Perhaps, this is the most famous architectural feature of Prague and the most visited place by tourists and locals. Having allocated a day to visit the museums of Prague, you must go to the Charles Bridge - first personally, and then in the former monastic hospital at the Krzyzhnytsky Square. In 2007 a museum was opened in this building.

The first exposition shows the cultural and historical side of the bridge: what it was originally and what it is now. It was timed to coincide with the 650th anniversary of the foundation of the architectural structure. In the museum you can find out literally everything about the Charles Bridge and related personalities. The photos and models of the sights at different construction dates, tools and machines that participated in the erection of the grandiose structure, and even models of the village of artisans, which in those distant times was located on the Vltava coast, are presented.

Museum of Legends and Ghosts

This is the darkest place in the city. At the entrance to the museum visitors see the ghost of the guardian of the legends of Prague, who holds an open book covered with folk rumors. He is ready to tell about everything that will happen to meet in the museum. The pages of the book are attached to the walls of all the internal premises. Some information recommended for reading is highlighted there. These paragraphs open the meaning of all the exhibits to tourists.

In the basement of the building, the streets of Old Prague are decorated. Of course, ghosts move through them. This is not a room of fear, where a monster may suddenly jump from somewhere around the corner, but you can see, for example, how a woman tries to get out of the wall, exposing her leg, face and hand. Or how the baby soars in the air. An interesting place for those who like this topic. Moreover, the construction of the basement itself dates back to the 14th century.

Museum of Torture

Concluding the talk about what is worth visiting the museums of Prague, you can not fail to mention the building, which shows the medieval instruments and tools used during the Inquisition, when tortured heretics, witches, traitors and just enemies. Here are the whole expositions, examining which, you can understand how this or that device was used. In addition, each has a detailed description. This is, of course, an eerie museum that will make anyone shudder.

Prague is a beautiful city, gentle and romantic, old, but terribly attractive. And not for nothing every year here comes a huge number of tourists from all corners of the world. Visiting museums can be an interesting attraction that will guarantee that a visit to Prague will be remembered for life and only on the positive side.