Jewish Museum in Prague
Jewish Museum in Prague
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9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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The expositions of the Jewish Museum in Prague are located in four historical synagogues (Maisel Synagogue, Klausen Synagogue with the Ceremonial Hall, Pinkas Synagogue and Spanish Synagogue). The museum tour further includes the Old Jewish Cemetery and Robert Guttmann Gallery. The museum is open daily except Saturdays and other Jewish holidays: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (summer time) and 9 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. (winter time). Tickets can be purchased at the museum’s ticket offices, Information and Reservation Centre (Maiselova 15, Prague 1) or in the museum's e-shop.
Duration: 2-3 hours
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Neighbourhood: Josefov
Josefov houses Prague’s Jewish community. This small neighbourhood centered around Široká street is completely surrounded by Staré Město (Old Town). As the former Jewish Ghetto, today all that remains are a few synagogues and the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe. The narrow streets were once small enough that a person could touch the houses on both sides. You can still feel the dignity and history this neighbourhood carries in its legacy as Franz Kafka’s birthplace. Nearby streets are full of kosher restaurants, museums and antique bookstores.
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- Old Town • 3 min walk
- Lesser • 8 min walk
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- Jeff456789Bristol, United Kingdom367 contributionsLimited on detail and way too crowded.Wouldn't recommend this, not very informative at all and far too overcrowded. Felt like I was in a huge conveyor belt of people shuffling round quite frankly fairly boring exhibits with next to no information. Not a patch on say the POLIN museum in Warsaw which is fantastic.Thank you for your review.Written 27 November 2023This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.Visited November 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 26 November 2023
- Jon B86 contributionsMust seeMust visit . Started pinkas shul its devastatingly sad 80.000 plus names of jewish victims of germany . I believe names in red survived not sure . Another floor has drawing paintings of what happened how kids dreamed of going back to reality many drawings pics are of terizin . Old cemeterys part of it . Klausen shuls about costumes triditions so is ceremonial hall. Maisel shul history of jews in prague and beyond excellent stunning inside . Old new shul was a memorial to victims of palastinian brutality . Pray some hostages return . Spanish shul was on the holocaust another excellent display . Guttmann gallery shut sadly he died lodz ghetto .Visited April 2024Travelled soloWritten 7 April 2024
- Diane RSouthborough, Massachusetts22 contributionsAll denominations will appreciate these historically interesting and moving exhibitsThis museum is actually a collection of buildings that are included in a tour ticket. The buildings are all close by, easily walkable, and are comprised of several synagogues with exhibits inside and the Old Jewish Cemetery. A must see is the Children's Drawings of Terrezin exhibit that is in the synogogue next to the Jewish Cemetery. Heartwrenching to view (bring tissues), but so impactful and I think a moving tribute to the children lost to the Holocaust. Exhibits in the other synagogues include historical items (old scrolls, clothing, religious items) on display, as well as the names of each person who perished from surrounding towns. The cemetery is interesting to walk around in. I'm not Jewish, and I still found this museum to be a worthy reminder of the past and well-worth visiting.Visited June 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 29 June 2024
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David M
St. Albans, UK7 contributions
Apr 2024 • Couples
The museum exhibits themselves are informative, moving and very interesting. The audio guide is also pretty good, but could give better directions in places so we know what too look at.
The customer service, on the other hand, is surprisingly lacking. I tried to check before visiting where I could collect an audio guide. The website says you can get one at Pinkas Synagogue but the person responding to information centre emails point blank refused to answer a single question about the audio guides, instead directing me to the email address of the company that makes the guides. That company didn't respond, which is hardly surprising as how would they know how the Jewish Museum distributes them? Instead, I queued up on the day at Pinkas only to be told they don't have them and to go queue at the information centre instead. No idea why they refused to tell me that in advance.
At the information centre, I learnt that it is completely impossible to use the toilets without a paper ticket. They sell digital tickets and it scanned fine at the exhibits, but the toilets accept only paper tickets. I asked about this, expecting to be let in when I explained the situation. Instead I was told I had to buy something from the cafe! Eventually I was let in by a man who made sure to indicate what a tremendous inconvenience it was by his poor attitude. If it is so much bother for people to have digital tickets, why sell them?
The customer service, on the other hand, is surprisingly lacking. I tried to check before visiting where I could collect an audio guide. The website says you can get one at Pinkas Synagogue but the person responding to information centre emails point blank refused to answer a single question about the audio guides, instead directing me to the email address of the company that makes the guides. That company didn't respond, which is hardly surprising as how would they know how the Jewish Museum distributes them? Instead, I queued up on the day at Pinkas only to be told they don't have them and to go queue at the information centre instead. No idea why they refused to tell me that in advance.
At the information centre, I learnt that it is completely impossible to use the toilets without a paper ticket. They sell digital tickets and it scanned fine at the exhibits, but the toilets accept only paper tickets. I asked about this, expecting to be let in when I explained the situation. Instead I was told I had to buy something from the cafe! Eventually I was let in by a man who made sure to indicate what a tremendous inconvenience it was by his poor attitude. If it is so much bother for people to have digital tickets, why sell them?
Written 23 April 2024
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Isaline L
Paris, France2 contributions
Dec 2023 • Solo
I enjoyed the tour very much, which I think is a must-see in Prague, especially if you want to learn more about the city's Jewish history.
However, the price leaves a bitter taste... I paid 480 CZK for the ticket giving access to all the monuments except the Old-New Synagogue. I didn't pay much attention to the price when I paid, as the person at the ticket office was very friendly and told me I could benefit from the student rate, so I felt confident. What an unpleasant surprise when I discovered the price I'd paid afterwards... I tried to find out what justified such a price but on the museum's website, it was impossible to find a student rate corresponding to the price I'd paid. Reading some of the reviews, I also discovered that the audio guide was apparently not included, but optional (for a fee), something I was not at all informed about at the ticket office.
Not being transparent about the prices charged, letting customers believe they're getting a reduced rate, not informing them that the audio guide is optional and systematically adding it without asking permission... All very dishonest practices if they turn out to be real.
I would therefore appreciate an explanation of the rate I was charged, which would perhaps help to improve this overall poor opinion despite a very high quality visit.
However, the price leaves a bitter taste... I paid 480 CZK for the ticket giving access to all the monuments except the Old-New Synagogue. I didn't pay much attention to the price when I paid, as the person at the ticket office was very friendly and told me I could benefit from the student rate, so I felt confident. What an unpleasant surprise when I discovered the price I'd paid afterwards... I tried to find out what justified such a price but on the museum's website, it was impossible to find a student rate corresponding to the price I'd paid. Reading some of the reviews, I also discovered that the audio guide was apparently not included, but optional (for a fee), something I was not at all informed about at the ticket office.
Not being transparent about the prices charged, letting customers believe they're getting a reduced rate, not informing them that the audio guide is optional and systematically adding it without asking permission... All very dishonest practices if they turn out to be real.
I would therefore appreciate an explanation of the rate I was charged, which would perhaps help to improve this overall poor opinion despite a very high quality visit.
Written 5 January 2024
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mikebstravels
Didcot, UK943 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
First off, there are multiple ticket options, and the lady at the Spanish Synagogue ticket office was unhelpful and extremely rude. She only wanted to sell the full ticket, didn't want to explain the other options and when the man in front asked for a ticket without audio guide she ranted at him 'you think you save 5 euros by not getting a guide but you waste 20 euros by not knowing what anything is'. At this point, we decided to leave and almost didn't bother to visit at all but decided to sit outside and research ticket options online. Once we knew the ticket and prices we went in and bought what we wanted. In terms of the museum, the Spanish Synagogue is beautiful, the names in the wall of Pinkas thought provoking, but the rest was a little bland. There were enough descriptions in each place not to need the audio guide, but in general, we felt it very overpriced for what you see. Would suggest revisiting prices and training staff in politeness.
Written 6 August 2023
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Dear visitor,
thank you for your opinion. Please accept our apologies. Please be assured that we take customer complaints seriously. Please contact us at office@jewishmuseum.cz and at daniel@e-boutique.cz - specify the date of your visit to the museum and if the person was at the first checkout or the back-side checkout.
Thank you.
Sincerely
JMP
Written 9 August 2023
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Susan R
Rockville, MD4 contributions
Aug 2024 • Couples
We visited the Prague Jewish Quarter in early August 2024 and purchased 2 tickets for a self-guided audio tour of the area. One was installed on our iPhone and the other was provided via a hand-held listening device. The hand-held device worked very well. The downloaded version for the iPhone was terrible. It was impossible to navigate to the information for each of the tour locations. We were so frustrated that we returned to the original rental location to request a second hand-held device. They did not have another device to give us, so they told us to go to the next synagogue on the tour to obtain one. At the second location, the employee told us that they do not sell the downloaded version that we purchased because the quality is so bad. Since we had not made the original purchase from that second location, they refused to provide us with a second hand-held device. This was infuriating! This was awful customer service.
We do not recommend that travelers purchase the downloadable version of the tour.
We do not recommend that travelers purchase the downloadable version of the tour.
Written 31 August 2024
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TravelerTrecker
Houston830 contributions
Oct 2022
This is a wonderful museum on the history of the Jewish community in Prague. The history of the community and the traditions are described through the different sites that include 5 synagogues (the Old-New, the Klausen, the Pinkas, the Maisel, and the Spanish synagogues), the Ceremonial Hall, the Old Cemetery, and the Robert Guttmann gallery.
I recommend buying the full ticket at the main ticket office . It is not too crowded and the staff is very good. Get the audio guide. You don't need guides or tours. Explanations are very good and more time important you need freedom and time to visit the different sites.
Some people say that the ticket is expensive; I don't think so. The ticket price is 22 US dollars and covers the eight sites and is possible to use for 7 consecutive days. In reality, you are paying less than 3 dollars for each site.
Every site is impressive and unique. You may need a whole day to visit the museum. The eight sites are close to each other and walking from one to the other, gives you the opportunity to enjoy Josefov, the Jewish quarter.
I recommend buying the full ticket at the main ticket office . It is not too crowded and the staff is very good. Get the audio guide. You don't need guides or tours. Explanations are very good and more time important you need freedom and time to visit the different sites.
Some people say that the ticket is expensive; I don't think so. The ticket price is 22 US dollars and covers the eight sites and is possible to use for 7 consecutive days. In reality, you are paying less than 3 dollars for each site.
Every site is impressive and unique. You may need a whole day to visit the museum. The eight sites are close to each other and walking from one to the other, gives you the opportunity to enjoy Josefov, the Jewish quarter.
Written 19 February 2023
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Thank you very much and we´ll be pleased to see you again in the museum.
Written 20 February 2023
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seanspacegirl
Merritt Island, FL21 contributions
Mar 2022
The Museum includes options to see many buildings/synagogs within the Jewish Quarter in Prague. The audio tour was a great way to explain what we were seeing and the history behind each area. I liked that the museum covered a much larger history of Jewish culture than just the Holocaust. Plus it was nice to walk in the quarter even on a cold day. Recommend seeing all the museum has to offer, old and new!
Written 3 May 2022
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Thank you very much and we´ll be pleased to see you again in the museum.
Written 4 May 2022
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Kellye P
15 contributions
July 2023 • Couples
Nope. Don’t waste your time. It’s expensive unless you wanna pay more to get a recorded walking tour. The buildings are all spread out and you don’t know how to find them. The $40 does not get you to every single Jewish site. We went to one site and was told we could pay for that site but that our $40 ticket did not count for that particular synagogue
Written 23 July 2023
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Good morning, we're sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your visit to the Jewish Museum. The Jewish Museum Prague (JMP) offers two types of tickets. The first type is for the Jewish Museum only, which does not include entry to the Old-New Synagogue (where, according to your review, you intended to go), admission is 20 USD, i. e. 40 USD for two tickets you purchased. The second type of ticket is for the Prague Jewish Quarter, and it costs 25 USD. We apologize for any confusion in locating our sites. There is a map available at the Information and Reservation Centre, and you can also find one on the ticket itself.
Written 28 July 2023
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Daria
Tel Aviv, Israel164 contributions
Jan 2020
If you are a Jew like me and know at least basic customs and traditions (and history of European Jews too) then all displayed in synagogues and ceremonial hall won't be so interesting , although I do think that this is the must to visit all places included in tour/ticket. The Pinkas synagogue with memorial of Shoah victims and childrens drawings from Terezin ghetto were the most impressive and breathtaking experience, I cried a lot. Old Jewish cemetery was very calm and this probably was the only one place where I really found audioguide to be useful.
PS. Was shocked when spanish tourist asked me to take her photo on the cemetery in front of old tombs. I didn't know such arrogant people exist. Please don't do this, and Synagogues along with Ceremonial hall is not a good place for selfies either. Prague is pretty enough and has a lot of beautiful places for photos.
PS. Was shocked when spanish tourist asked me to take her photo on the cemetery in front of old tombs. I didn't know such arrogant people exist. Please don't do this, and Synagogues along with Ceremonial hall is not a good place for selfies either. Prague is pretty enough and has a lot of beautiful places for photos.
Written 24 January 2020
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Thank you for your review and we´ll be pleased to see you again in the museum.
Written 26 February 2020
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F00lishTraveler
Savannah, GA275 contributions
July 2023
Wow! One ticket gets you entry to the Old-New, Maisel, Pinkas, Klausen, and Spanish synagogues plus the Cermonial Hall and the Old Jewish Cemetery. That's SEVEN sites for about 75 CZK each (around $3 each). Bargain! And you will be wowed by at least a couple of them. Every Holocaust denier should be FORCED to visit the Pinkas with tens of thousands of names memorialized on the walls. Old New synagogue is probably the most historic, Spanish the most spectacular (highly decorative Moorish style) and cemetery is perhaps the most moving. You can get an audio guide or be escorted by a human guide. This was mostly what we made the trip to Prague to do and it did not disappoint.
Written 6 July 2023
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Thank you very much and we´ll be pleased to see you again in the museum.
Written 26 July 2023
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Brett A
New York City, NY5 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
Excellent review of the beginnings and end of a 1000 years of Czech Jewish existence. There is a ton of information well presented to go through. If spending enough time in Prague I would break the six visits through two or three different days. Returning to a site requires a lot of begging. Unfortunate as we got a late start and some of the party wanted to break for lunch. This would have meant no-readmittance to the synagogue we were in which would have been unfortunate as the material and presentation was excellent and deserved a complete review.
Written 6 August 2023
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Thank you very much and we´ll be pleased to see you again in the museum.
Written 8 August 2023
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Olá, gostaria de saber como faço para comprar o Museu Judaico, o cemitério e a Sinagoga. Como faço para comprar os ingressos? Não tenho interesse de ir com um guia.
Written 19 August 2019
jewishmuseuminprague
Prague, Czech Republic
Thank you for your interest in the Jewish Museum in Prague. Regarding your query, please visit our website and contact directly Information and Reservation Centre (IRC@jewishmuseum.cz).
Written 20 August 2019
Bonjour, nous sommes un couple et serons à Prague dans 15 jours, j'aimerais savoir s'il est possible d'acheter une entrée uniquement pour la visite du cimetière ? Est-il ouvert le samedi et le dimanche ? A quel prix ? Nous n'avons qu'une grosse journée et demi à Prague donc on veut visiter un max ! Je ne pense pas qu'il soit intéressant d'acheter un Pass pour le peu de temps que nous serons sur place. Pour le billet d'entrée du château il est bien valable 2 jours ? Merci d'avance pour vos réponses. Katy
Written 9 August 2019
jewishmuseuminprague
Prague, Czech Republic
Thank you for your interest in the Jewish Museum in Prague. Regarding your query, please visit our website and contact directly Information and Reservation Centre (IRC@jewishmuseum.cz).
Written 20 August 2019
Does anyone know if there is a cloak room or anything? We are wanting to go tomorrow but are worried as we will have two small suitcases and feel like it will be disrespectful to pull them around and make a lot of noise, just wondering if there is anywhere safe we could leave them there?
Written 28 April 2019
jewishmuseuminprague
Prague, Czech Republic
Dear sazzax, cloak room is not available, thank you for your understanding.
Written 21 May 2019
Si possono visitare il cimitero e le sinagoghe senza guida?
Written 6 April 2019
jewishmuseuminprague
Prague, Czech Republic
The expositions of the Jewish Museum in Prague are located in four historical synagogues (Maisel Synagogue, Klausen Synagogue with the Ceremonial Hall, Pinkas Synagogue and Spanish Synagogue). The museum tour further includes the Old Jewish Cemetery and Robert Guttmann Gallery.
You can visit all sites without guide.
Written 9 April 2019
Are you open from 23rd to 26th of april 2019? Thank you.
Written 31 March 2019
jewishmuseuminprague
Prague, Czech Republic
Dear Paul, it is Staromestska A line station, then 2 minutes walk.
Written 25 September 2018
Hi, I have placed my order for tickets online using their e-shop and now have an email with a link to pay by credit card. The email suggests (in Czech) that my order will be processed within 5 business days and sent to my postal address! However, the order form suggested that tickets should be downloaded and printed. There is not time for them to be posted and received at my home address, does anyone know if they are actually posted or whether they can be downloaded and printed? Thanks in anticipation..
Written 18 July 2018
jewishmuseuminprague
Prague, Czech Republic
Dear Simon, thank you for your question - the ticket has to be downloaded and printed; you can ask our support on office@jewishmuseum.cz
Written 20 July 2018
Si può entrare nel cimitero ebraico con il cane??
Grazie
Written 8 July 2018
jewishmuseuminprague
Prague, Czech Republic
Dear Francesca, it is not possible to bring dogs or other animals onto the JMP’s premises; guide dogs for the blind that are properly identified
may enter any JMP sites, including the Old Jewish Cemetery.
Written 20 July 2018
Buongiorno, è possibile fare un tour guidato in lingua italiana? In quali orari e qual è il costo?
Written 7 July 2018
jewishmuseuminprague
Prague, Czech Republic
Dear Allesandro, Guided tours in German, French, or other languages are held during the museum's opening hours according to the guides’ availability at 10.30 am and 14.00 pm or by appointment (it is necessary to book the tours at least 24 hours in advance). Ask our colleague on IRC@jewishmuseum.cz
Written 20 July 2018
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