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

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

There are museums in this wonderful city. In total, there are more than 40 such institutions. It's nice to know that some of Prague's museums organize open days. The entrance is free at this time.

There are like ordinary museums, for example,National, available in almost every major city, and others, unique and unusual. These include, for example, exposure to 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 in Prague: List

Given that there are a lot of museums, and time can beis limited, there is a need to choose the most interesting, 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).
• Devoted 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 stories (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, the 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 desireto buy a magical elixir? If so, then definitely visit the museum of the alchemist. 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 interweaving of these sciences, made great discoveries, which later became useful to the people.

The building in which the museum is located isone of the oldest in Prague. It was recently restored and taken under UNESCO protection. Now there is a modern alchemical laboratory, and there is also a room for conducting experiments of Rudolf II, in which the mystical atmosphere of the 16th century is dominant.

Museum of magicians (Prague, again, there is something to surprise)is also attractive because the tour includes visiting the underground rooms that were discovered in the 20th century. These workshops, as it was later found 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,which 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, or rather, unusual and amazing. Alphonse was not admitted to the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, since he "did not have a talent". But somehow later, this man became the pride of his people.

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

Toy Museum

Very interesting it will not only be for children, butand 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 lot of different puppet dolls from paper, fabric and wood. In total, the Toy Museum in Prague contains about 5000 exhibits.

Chocolate Museum

This institution will force you to reconsider yourviews 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, and also 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

His exposition tells about the historicaldevelopment of the city. Visiting the museums of Prague, you must find time for this institution. Historical, archeological, artistic and decorative exhibits and mock-ups 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 famouspersonalities not only of the Czech Republic, but of the whole world, which 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 architecturala 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 on an acquaintance with the Charles Bridge - first personally, and then in the former monastic hospital on Krzhizhovnitskaya Square. In 2007 a museum was opened in this building.

The first exposure showsthe 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. Photos and models of the sights at various construction dates, tools and machines that participated in the erection of the grand structure, and even models of the village of artisans, who in those distant times were 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 in the museum. The pages of the book are attached to the walls of all the interior spaces. There is some information that is recommended for reading. These paragraphs open the meaning of all the exhibits to tourists.

In the basement of the building there are streetsOld Prague. 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 hovers 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

Finishing talking about what is worth visitingmuseums of Prague, we can not fail to mention the building, which shows the medieval tools and tools used during the Inquisition during the torture of 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.