Museums in the Czech Republic
56 museums in the Czech Republic. Most visited: Prague Zoo.
Top museums in the Czech Republic
Prague Zoo
Zoo or aquarium · 2,230,400 visitors a year
Prague Zoo is a zoological garden in the Troja district in the north of Prague, Czech Republic. It opened in 1931 with the aim of advancing the study of zoology, protecting wildlife and educating the...
Jewish Museum in Prague
721,193 visitors a year
The Jewish Museum in Prague stands as one of the world's most poignant and historically significant Jewish cultural institutions, preserving over 52,000 artifacts that tell the thousand-year story of...
Old Town Hall
695,198 visitors a year
The astronomical clock on the tower's south face has been keeping time since 1410, making it one of the oldest still working anywhere. On the hour, figures of the Apostles appear at its windows while...
Zlín-Lešná Zoo
Zoo or aquarium · 506,000 visitors a year
Zlín-Lešná Zoo shares its grounds with Lešná Castle (Zámek Lešná), a late nineteenth-century chateau that sits among the animal enclosures, so a day here combines a zoo with a historic country house...
Zoo Pilsen
Zoo or aquarium · 505,000 visitors a year
Plants and animals share equal billing at Zoo Pilsen, whose full Czech name, Zoologická a botanická zahrada města Plzně, describes it as both a zoological and a botanical garden. Animal enclosures...
Dvůr Králové Zoo
Zoo or aquarium · 450,900 visitors a year
Safari Park Dvůr Králové holds one of the largest collections of African animals in Europe, and it is the place most closely tied to the fate of the northern white rhinoceros. Najin and Fatu, the...
Ostrava Zoo
Zoo or aquarium · 419,500 visitors a year
Much of Ostrava Zoo sits within mature woodland in the Slezská Ostrava district, so paths between enclosures pass through mixed forest rather than open lawns. That setting gives the zoo much of its...
Liberec Zoo
Zoo or aquarium · 402,200 visitors a year
Founded in 1904, Liberec Zoo, signed in Czech as Zoologická zahrada Liberec, is the oldest zoo in the Czech Republic. More than a century after its founding, it remains one of the best-known...
Olomouc Zoo
Zoo or aquarium · 293,500 visitors a year
Olomouc Zoo sits on the wooded slopes of Svatý Kopeček, a hill above the city of Olomouc that is also known for its hilltop pilgrimage basilica. Signs refer to it as Zoo Olomouc. It opened in the...
National Gallery Prague
Art museum · 282,800 visitors a year
Founded in 1796, the National Gallery Prague (Národní galerie Praha) is one of the world's oldest public art galleries. It manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic. Its holdings...
National Technical Museum
142,700 visitors a year
In Prague's Letná district, the National Technical Museum opens a wide window onto the history of invention, industry, and everyday ingenuity. Housed in a striking functionalist building, it invites...
Silesian Museum
85,810 visitors a year
Nestled in the historic city of Opava, the Silesian Regional Museum is a hidden gem brimming with cultural richness and historical depth. As one of the oldest museums in Central Europe, it was...
Powder Tower
27,072 visitors a year
Dating from 1475, the Gothic Powder Tower, signed in Czech as Prašná brána and also called the Powder Gate, is one of Prague's original city gates. It still marks the boundary between the Old Town...
Museums by city in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has a museum landscape shaped by royal cities, industrial regions, and a strong tradition of local heritage collections. In Prague, visitors can move from medieval landmarks such as the Old Town Hall to focused institutions like the Jewish Museum in Prague, which helps explain centuries of Jewish life in Bohemia. Mooseum makes it easier to compare these places, plan visits, and explore museum spaces with digital guidance.
Beyond the capital, museums and visitor sites are spread across Moravia, Silesia, and Bohemia, often closely tied to the character of each region. Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň, Liberec, and Zlín all offer different perspectives, from technical and industrial history to decorative arts, natural science, and regional culture. The country’s strong zoo tradition is also part of the museum-going experience on Mooseum, with places such as Prague Zoo, Zoo Pilsen, and Ostrava Zoo drawing families and independent travelers alike.
Smaller towns across the Czech Republic often maintain municipal museums, castle exhibitions, and open-air displays that give context to local crafts, folklore, and 20th-century history. This makes museum travel here especially rewarding if you are combining city breaks with day trips by train. Using Mooseum, visitors can discover both well-known institutions and lesser-known regional stops, then navigate them more smoothly once they arrive.
Map of museums in the Czech Republic
Museums in the Czech Republic: questions
- How many museums are there in the Czech Republic?
- Mooseum lists 56 museums in the Czech Republic. Prague has the most, with 20.
- Which cities in the Czech Republic have the most museums?
- Prague (20) and Brno (6).
- What are the most visited museums in the Czech Republic?
- By annual visitors reported on Wikipedia: Prague Zoo (2,230,400), Jewish Museum in Prague (721,193) and Old Town Hall (695,198).
- What kinds of museums are in the Czech Republic?
- Of the 32 whose type we know, the most common are zoos and aquariums (18), art museums (4), transport museums (3) and historic houses, palaces and castles (2).
- Historic city museums and monuments in Prague, including medieval civic spaces such as the Old Town Hall
- Jewish heritage collections that document religious life, art, and community history in Prague and Bohemia
- A notable network of zoological parks, including Prague Zoo, Zlín-Lešná Zoo, Zoo Pilsen, Dvůr Králové Zoo, Ostrava Zoo, and Liberec Zoo
- Regional museums focused on folk culture, glassmaking, industry, mining, and everyday life in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia
- Castle, chateau, and town exhibitions that connect museum visits with the country’s architectural and political history
- Many Czech museums close on Mondays, while major sites in Prague can have longer seasonal hours; check schedules in advance on Mooseum before planning day trips.
- Reserve timed-entry tickets online for popular Prague museums and heritage sites, especially during spring, summer, and December weekends.
- Public transport is usually the easiest way to reach museums in larger cities; for regional museums and zoos, combine trains with local buses and allow extra travel time.
- Some smaller municipal museums have limited winter opening hours or midday breaks, so it is worth confirming access if you are visiting outside the main tourist season.
All museums in the Czech Republic
Every museum in the Czech Republic listed on Mooseum. Search by name or type.
| Name | Type | Website | Links | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
— | www.mzm.cz/pavilon-anthropos |  | — | |
— | www.antonindvorak2004.cz/english/muzeum-antonina-dvoraka.html | | — | |
— | www.applemuseum.com | | — | |
Garden or park | www.szm.cz/en | | — | |
Bedřich Smetana MuseumPointing an electronic baton at a music stand plays an extract from one of Bedřich Smetana's best-known works at this museum devoted to the life and music of the Czech composer (1824–1884). Each... | Historic house, palace or castle | www.nm.cz/Ceske-muzeum-hudby/Long-term-Exhibitions-CMM/Bedrich-Smetana-1824-1884-1.html | | — |
Zoo or aquarium | www.zoobrno.cz | | — | |
Historic house, palace or castle | www.zamek-kynzvart.cz/cs | | — | |
Zoo or aquarium | www.zoochleby.cz | | — | |
Zoo or aquarium | www.zoopark.cz | | — | |
Czech Film ArchiveFounded in 1943, the Czech Film Archive has belonged to the International Federation of Film Archives since 1946. Its official name is the National Film Archive, or Národní filmový archiv (NFA) in... | Music, film or theatre museum | nfa.cz | | — |
Czech Police MuseumA 14th-century Augustinian monastery founded by Charles IV in 1350 now houses the history of Czech law enforcement. The Czech Police Museum (Muzeum Policie České republiky) occupies the former... | — | www.muzeumpolicie.cz | | — |
Zoo or aquarium | www.zoodecin.cz | | — | |
Dvůr Králové ZooSafari Park Dvůr Králové holds one of the largest collections of African animals in Europe, and it is the place most closely tied to the fate of the northern white rhinoceros. Najin and Fatu, the... | Zoo or aquarium | www.zoodvurkralove.cz | | — |
— | www.muzeum.esperanto.cz | | — | |
— | www.kafkamuseum.cz | | — | |
Art museum | www.cestykesvetlu.cz | | — | |
Zoo or aquarium | www.zoo-hodonin.cz | | — | |
Jewish Museum in PragueThe Jewish Museum in Prague stands as one of the world's most poignant and historically significant Jewish cultural institutions, preserving over 52,000 artifacts that tell the thousand-year story of... | — | www.jewishmuseum.cz/en/info/visit | | — |
Zoo or aquarium | www.zoojihlava.cz | | — | |
— | www.nm.cz/navstivte-nas/objekty/pamatnik-josefa-suka | | — | |
Transport museum | www.vhu.cz/muzea/zakladni-informace-o-lm-kbely | | — | |
Kepler MuseumAt the Kepler Museum (Keplerovo muzeum), even the entrance ticket was an astronomy lesson. Each one showed the astronomical dial of the Prague Astronomical Clock set to the exact moment of entry,... | Science and technology museum | www.keplerovomuzeum.cz | | — |
Liberec ZooFounded in 1904, Liberec Zoo, signed in Czech as Zoologická zahrada Liberec, is the oldest zoo in the Czech Republic. More than a century after its founding, it remains one of the best-known... | Zoo or aquarium | www.zooliberec.cz | | — |
Transport museum | www.cdmuzeum.cz | | — | |
— | mendelmuseum.muni.cz | | — |