Prague Guide

As with any tourist destination, there are some places designed to bring you in and separate you from your money.  These tourist traps can be fun, but they can also be a waste of time.  Here are some that you might want to avoid.

The Museum was founded in 1963 as a regional gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, and formed part of a network of state galleries in former Czechoslovakia.

Meet ghosts face to face - The Museum Mysteries Pragensis represents a selection of the most famous and most interesting ghosts and legends of the historical city of Prague. We walk through everyday Prague, around its walls, and we don’t know which stories took place behind them. We walk streets with our eyes on the paving and often don’t see higher than a metre above the ground.

Visitors can learn more about Charles Bridge, its construction, its changes over the centuries, and its works of sculpture. Visitors can also learn more about the predecessor of Charles Bridge – Judith’s Bridge. The midpoint of the exhibition is a newly-made model of the bridge in the 14th century, depicting its construction, material transport, building machines and even 350 workmen in working clothes with their instruments.

Roztoky Castle - Central Bohemia Museum. Originally the castle from the 13th century, the building was reconstructed to be a Renaissance house from the 16th century.

The exhibition devoted to the activity and development of the security and police forces in the territory of the Czech Republic is installed at the premises of a renewed Augustinian Monastery founded by the Emperor Charles IV.

A permanent ethnographical exhibition of the National Museum dedicated to the folk culture of the Czech Republic (material and spiritual culture, folk art, collections of folk clothes, ways of living, methods of farming and customs).

„Man – Instrument – Music“ Exhibition. The location of the Czech Museum of Music is in the former Baroque church of St. Maria Magdalena in Lesser Town.

History of Education and Pedagogy. Its task is to document the development of the Czech educational system based on the works of the Czech philosopher Comenius.

The museum of the founder of Czech modern music – Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) – has been situated in the short street on the embankment since 1936.

The complex of buildings originated at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries and became the property of the well-known patrons of the art Vojtěch Náprstek and his wife.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgets. This is an exposition of mechanical erotic appliances, the purpose of which is to bring pleasure and allow extraordinary and unusual positions during intercourse.

Museum of the Miniatures is situated in Prague Castle Complex, just opposite the Toy Museum. Its unique exposition is a showcase of creations by Anatoly Konyenko, a master skilled in micro miniature technique.

Chocolate lovers can find their nirvana in Prague.

Housed in the Vávrov dům, an old mill near one of Prague's many water towers dates back to 18th December 1918. The date when the museum was founded has yet another symbolic meaning for the postal history of the new country, since that was the day when the first Czechoslovak postage stamp was issued.

Generally all museums and galleries are closed on Mondays! When you're in Prague, make sure you visit the Mucha Museum. Mucha was famous for his modern art. The Museum of Communism is the only one of its kind in Prague and is also rated as a top tourist attraction by visitors to Prague. It presents the atmosphere of the communist era in Czechoslovakia and Prague in particular