Prague National Museum Super Detailed Guide
📍Address: Václavské nám. 68, 110 00 Nové Město, Czech Republic (at the top of Wenceslas Square)
🕙Opening hours: 10:00 - 18:00 (Monday to Sunday)
🎫Tickets: You can book in advance on the official website or buy them on site. Adult tickets are generally around 350 Czech crowns, and student tickets for 15-26 years old are around 100 Czech crowns. It is recommended to purchase tickets online in advance to save time queuing on site. If you buy tickets on site, please pay attention to the ticket vending machine on the side.
🚗Transportation:
• Metro: Take Metro Line A and get off at Národní muzeum station.
• Tram: Many tram lines pass by the museum. You can check the specific route based on your actual departure point.
• Walking: If you live in the city center, you can walk to attractions such as the Old Town Square and enjoy the street scenes of Prague along the way.
🌟Must-see highlights:
• Building exterior: A typical Neo-Renaissance building designed by the famous Czech architect Josef Schulz. From a distance, it looks like a giant "matchbox", but up close, you can see the delicate and unique sculpture decorations. It has experienced the baptism of artillery fire and is full of a sense of history.
• Natural History Exhibition Hall: The museum’s treasure, the fin whale skeleton, is a must-see. There are also abundant animal specimens, minerals, etc. The specimens are exquisitely made and have a high degree of restoration. For example, the lifelike dinosaur skeleton model and the Window on the Ancient World exhibition take you back millions of years.
• History Hall: presents Czech history from the 8th century to the First World War. There are medieval jewelry, the archbishop's luxurious carriage, etc. Some exhibition halls use large-scale videos to restore historical scenes, and there are interactive exhibits where you can try out medieval weapons.
• Rooftop observation deck: offers a 360-degree view of Prague’s magnificent scenery. However, please note that you need to take the elevator up, which is slow, and because of the limited number of people on the top floor, you may need to queue up to go up the stairs after arriving.
🍔Food in the museum: There is a coffee shop in the museum. You can take a break here and enjoy coffee and snacks when you are tired of shopping. But the food options are limited and the prices are a bit high. If you want to dine, you can go to the area around the museum, where there are traditional Czech restaurants serving dishes such as roast pork knuckle, Czech roast duck, etc.
❗️Notes:
• Photography is prohibited in some areas of the museum, please pay attention to the signs.
• If you bring children to visit, you can participate in the museum’s parent-child activities or rent an interpreter to increase interaction and fun.
• There are more tourists on weekends and holidays. If you want to avoid the crowds, you can choose to go there in the morning on weekdays.