The Best Museums To Visit In The Czech Republic

While Prague has many interesting museums to explore but if you want to see the best of the best, you might just have to make your way across the country. Here are some of the best museums in Czech Republic.

1. National Museum (Prague)

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With a collection of about 14 million items, the National Museum is the country’s largest museum and the one you definitely shouldn’t miss. Aside from the main Department of Prehistory and Protohistory, the museum also houses collections connected to Czech history starting in the 10th century, a department of ethnography, and a major numismatics collection. (Please note, that the museum’s main building is currently under reconstruction and will remain closed until early 2018; however, the smaller new building remains open and some collections are on loan to smaller museums around the city)

National Technical Museum (Prague)

A museum dedicated to the history of technology, the collection here is a little more eclectic than you would expect. Aside from astronomy, mining and printing, the museum also houses artifacts connected to the history of clocks and timekeeping, including sundials, fireclocks and even quantum clocks. The museum’s most popular exhibit is the transportation hall, which houses the first plane used to fly crosscountry by Jan Kašpar in 1911, as well as locomotives, other airplanes, cars and motorcycles. There’s also a fun exhibit on the evolution of household appliances and one on ironworking and its role in the development of Czechia.
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