Prague (Praha) Museums

Mucha Museum. The museum is devoted to the work of Alfons Mucha, the Czech’s most celebrated artist. Mucha, an Art Nouveau pioneer, gained fame for his poster series of “la divine” Sarah Bernhardt. (Panská 7. Metro A or B: Můstek. Walk up Václavské nám. toward the St. Wenceslas statue. Go left on Jindřišská and left again on Panská. ☎221 451 333; www.mucha.cz. Open daily 10am-6pm. 120Kč, students 60Kč.)

Franz Kafka Museum. This fantastic multimedia exhibit of Kafka memorabilia uses photographs and original letters to bring visitors back to 19th-century Prague, as experienced by the renowned author. (Cihelná 2b. Metro A: Malostranská. Go down Klárov toward the river, turn right on U. Luzické Semináré and left on Cilhená. ☎257 535 507; www.kafkamuseum.cz. Open daily 10am-6pm. 120Kč, students 60Kč.)

City Gallery Prague. With seven locations throughout greater Prague, the City Gallery (Galerie Hlavního Města Prahy) offers an impressive variety of permanent and rotating collections. The House of the Golden Ring has an especially massive permanent collection of 19th- and 20th-century Czech art. (Týnská 6. Metro A: Staroměstská. Behind and to the left of Týn Church. ☎222 327 677; www.citygalleryprague.cz. Call for hours. 50-120Kč, students 30-60Kč.)

Museum Of £Communism. This gallery tries to expose the flaws of the Communist system that ruled over the Czech people. Nowhere will you find more pitchforks or more propaganda. (Na Přípokě 10. Metro A: Můstek. ☎224 212 966; www.museumofcommunism.com. Open daily 9am-9pm. 180Kč, students 140Kč.)

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