National Gallery Prague
Developed from the first Prague art gallery open to the public which was established in 1796 as the second oldest in Europe after the Louvre in Paris.
Permanent exhibitions and exhibition halls of the National Gallery:
Kinski Palace
Old Town Square 12, Prague 1, phone: +420 - 2 - 2481 0758-9
Drawing and graphic collection from Middle Ages till today. National Gallery information centre is placed here.
Sternberg Palace
Hradcanske Square 15, Prague 1, phone: +420 - 2 - 2051 4634-7
Collection of early art - Early European Art - icons, Italian masters of the 14th and 15th centuries and of the first half of the 16th century (L. Monaco, A. Bronzino, P. Veneto), Dutch paintings of the 15th and 16th centuries, roman schools of the 17th and 18th centuries (J. Ribera, G. B. Tiepolo, El Greco, Goya), Flamish paintings of the 17th century (P. P. Rubens, A. van Dyck, J. Jordaens), Dutch paintings of the 17th century (Rembrandt H. van Rijn, Frans Hals), German and Austrian paintings of the 15th - 18th centuries (H. Holbein senior, L. Cranach senior, A. Durer).
Permanent collection - European Art from the Ancient Era to the End of Baroque
Great Exhibition Palace - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Dukelskych hrdinu 47, Prague 7, phone: + 420 - 2 - 2430 1308
Collection of 19th and 20th centruies art, and collection of contemporary and modern art.
Permanent collection: Art of the 19th , 20th, and 21st Centuries Masterpieces by the most important Czech and foreign artists, a part of the collection is French art of the 19th and 20th centruies
St. George´s Convent
Praha 1, Jirske nam. 33 (the Prague Castle), phone: + 420 - 2 - 5732 0536, 5753 2234
Bohemian art from period of Rudolph II until the ending of Baroque period. Art of Rudolphian period (H. von Aachen, B. Spranger, A. de Vries). Baroque painting and sculpture from the 17th and 18th centuries, Skreta, Brandl, Reiner, Braun, Rococo painting, Kern, Grund, Platzer.
Permanent Collection: Mannerist and Baroque Art in Bohemia
Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia
Praha 1, U Milosrdnych 17 , phone: + 420 - 2 - 2481 0628, 2481 0835
Collection of early art.
Permanent Collection - Medieval Art in Bohemia and Central Europe
art of the Middle ages and early renaissance - Master of the Altar in Vyssi Brod, Master of the Michle Madonna, Master Theodoricus. German and Austrian art; Medieval handcraft.
Zbraslav Castle
Praha 5, Ke Krnovu 2 , phone: + 420 - 2 - 5792 1638-9
Collection of non-European art.
Permanent Collection - Asian Art
From the ground floor to the second floor, there are more than one thousand artistic artifacts that cover Asia from Turkey to Japan.
Valdstejnska jizdarna
Praha 1, Valdstejnska 3
Occasional exhibition.
Opening hours:
All expositions are opened daily except Mondays 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Veletrzni palac Thursdays till 9 p.m. Every first Wednesday in a month free admission.
Guides for groups as well as individual visitors can be ordered by phone in the permanent expositions of Sternbersky palac - phone 2051 4598, of the St. George´s Convent - phone 5732 0889, and the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia - phone 2187 9216, in Zbraslav Castle - phone 5792 0481 and in Veletrzni palac - phone 2430 1175. Every first Wednesday in month admission free.