Museum of Communism
Museum of Communism
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9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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This museum looks at what Czech society and life was like under the Communist regime.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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Neighbourhood: Nove Mesto (New Town)
Nearly 700 hundred metres long, Wenceslas Square represents the most frequent and buzzing crossroads of the city. The National Museum in the upper part of the square watches over your spending spree in countless shops and retail stores lining the entire square, which ends at Na Příkopě, the most famous shopping street. When tired or broke, you can explore the city's underpasses, which can take you to the Old Town or to the courtyards of art nouveau houses with secret gems of greenery, white benches and rose bushes that provide unexpected peace in the midst of the city. Be sure to pay a visit to the traditional cafés, classic Czech pubs, cinemas and theatres. National Theatre near the river has a lot to offer to foreigners. Go to the river bank and enjoy live music and drinks while watching a sunset behind Prague Castle.
How to get there
- Republic square • 3 min walk
- Central Station • 8 min walk
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- product-of-canadaToronto, Canada2,492 contributionsWell done museumAlthough a bit pricey, this museum is well put together, and puts a lot historical context into your trip to Prague. It helped me to make sense of communist influence in Eastern Europe. It was fascinating to read about the Stalin Monument where the Prague Metronome now stands. We did end up climbing the original stairs to that site out of curiosity.Visited July 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 10 October 2023
- Larry GDes Plaines, Illinois310 contributionsTop notchThis museum is perfectly laid out. It has plenty of pictures, videos, objects and graphics. Graphics are laid out so you can either read just the headlines or read the headlines and then dig deeper into the subject by reading the details below. The museum provides a depth view of life under communism and then how the Czech citizens rejected communism and wanted to embrace the West. Many museums are stuffy and give me a headache after an hour, but here the rooms meander clockwise and the exhibits are in perfect chronological order. Excellent gift shop. The coffee shop was closed. Whoever designed this museum for its layout, design and contents should receive an award. The bathrooms inside were spotless.Visited September 2023Travelled soloWritten 19 October 2023
- Ann Kristin K1 contributionVery interesting, but not very interactiveLots to read, very interesting. Not that interactive, and the videos very playing 3-5 at the time with different people at the same time, and they were very long. Did not have time or patience enough to take the time to see all of them (some of them lasted for over 15 minutes each). All in all a good museum, we liked it a lot, spent 2 1/2 hours there. Everything in both Czech and English.Visited November 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 1 November 2023
- HMMsEast Midlands, United Kingdom126 contributionsWorth goingIf you go here with an open mind it’s probably a good thing. Lots of reading, photos and few objects from the period. Allowing for the bias that has influenced other reviewers, it remains an interesting insight into the period that we had lived through and remembered seeing on the TV news at the time. It filled in some detail as to what it all meant for the Czech people. Given what’s going on in the world in late 2023- it was actually a bit scary.Visited November 2023Travelled with friendsWritten 9 November 2023
- Alex R17 contributionsVery Informative!I thought this museum was very interesting and well worth the price. The gentleman at the front desk was very kind and helpful, and I enjoyed all the exhibits. The museum is heavy on reading which you should know before beginning, and the exhibit order confused me a little bit, but I would suggest this to anyone interested in the topic!Visited November 2023Travelled soloWritten 21 November 2023
- david sNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom28 contributionsA must-do on your trip to Prague.Extremely interesting museum. We spent 2-3 hours there and felt well and truly educated about Czech history. Would recommend. NOTE : one great feature for your last day in Prague - they have lockers on the first floor for your cabin bags.Visited January 2024Travelled with familyWritten 21 January 2024
- 🐻26 contributionsInformative and modern.Very clean, modern museum. There is a LOT of reading, so if that's not what you're looking for, skip this one. If you're big on learning Soviet/Communist history then this is a great museum. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and learnt a lot.Visited January 2024Travelled soloWritten 21 January 2024
- Jasmine2409Bury, United Kingdom29 contributionsinsightful but biasedInsightful and offers a good overview of prague in communism although it is from a western perspective and focuses on the negatives. Lots and lots of information - takes a while to get through it all. If you are interested in this history then check it out if not so much it is probably not for youVisited February 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 5 February 2024
- Ronald5 contributionsEntertaining, mostly text-basedIts an interesting place to visit. The museum is mostly text-based with few exhibits. The texts are also relatively biased, they are decrying russian propaganda, whilst constantly pitting american achievements against russian failures. The text itself is entertaining to read. All in all I would recommend people go to the museum, if only for the pure entertainmentVisited February 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 8 February 2024
- ButlerfamilyLeicester, United Kingdom275 contributionsGood history of Prague and Czech.Good Place to visit to find the history of Czech.surprising facts about Prague and the country. Of you don’t read all on offer though you’d be done in under an hour. Cafe closed at the time of our visit to a technical fault.Visited February 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 22 February 2024
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Bjmoo10
Akron, OH97 contributions
Aug 2021
If you have a raining day or are interest in the Czech experience with communism and its escape via the Velvet Revolution, this museum is a good choice. We visited on a day when some rain was predicted and it was worth the visit. Not for kids really. Mostly panels to read with good pictures or exhibits to amplify the descriptions. It really does a great job contrasting the descent into a horrible period under Russia communism and direct/indirect control and then the path to freedom culminating with the Velvet Revolution. To see the City of Prague now and think of it the way described in the museum before the velvet revolution is a real eye opener.
Written 6 August 2021
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Michael J
Washington DC, DC51 contributions
Oct 2021 • Family
Great in-depth detail about the influence of communism on the Czech people. Very clean and bright exhibits with a variety of perspectives.
Bring cash for the gift shop, though. You can use a credit card for the admission fee, but anything else requires cash.
The only downside is that a number of exhibit walls have letters missing on the English version. After a while, it gets pretty annoying.
Bring cash for the gift shop, though. You can use a credit card for the admission fee, but anything else requires cash.
The only downside is that a number of exhibit walls have letters missing on the English version. After a while, it gets pretty annoying.
Written 10 October 2021
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ac1990
Birmingham, UK17 contributions
Sept 2022 • Solo
Museum was interesting and gave a full history of Czechoslovakia under communism. Most of the exhibits were unfortunately just big walls of paragraphs of text - it would have been good if it was a bit more interactive as this got a bit boring after 2 hours. The middle section was a bit more interesting with displays etc but it wasn't always clear what they were (the sideways room?). I think it might have been better with an audioguide but I wasn't offered this at reception. I think overall it was interesting but expensive for what it was (the gift shop items were also REALLY expensive). I think they are just relying on the "communism" name of the museum to draw people in.
Written 20 September 2022
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Alec90
Leicestershire, UK24 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
Overall a good place to go and step back in time to see the hardship of the Czech Republic. It’s very interesting and has lots of Information however it can be very heavy going due to it mainly being written Information. Lacks a lot of attention to detail with missing letters (as shown in the photograph) in many places making it hard to read. Also the lay out and repetition of information is a bit laborious. I would say value for money is hard to justify. It cost us 380czk per person.
Written 2 January 2020
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Kevin W
London312 contributions
Sept 2023 • Solo
I read some reviews before going here and was interested in two that mentioned western propaganda and bias. After visiting, I think the former is written by a Putin supporter and latter is a nitpicker with a strong point of view who hasn't lived through the era. I had wondered if the museum blurred the ideals of communism vs socialism vs the Russian implementation of them. This is easy to do in casual chatter and I heard some Americans doing this in the museum. The museum doesn't do this in my opinion.
For me, it's interesting to see the impact of the Soviet era on the countries that had the misfortune to previously be behind the iron curtain. It's easy to assume they were all very similar if your knowledge of history is limited to knowing there was something called the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and the Prague Spring in 1968. I think only historians who work/research that area have a thorough understanding of how each was affected. I've now travelled to the Baltics, Budapest, Berlin and Bucharest and each has a different story. And I'm not saying there aren't any but I've not personally met anyone who has anything good to say about the Soviet era.
As others note, it's a text heavy experience but for me it was very informative. For example, I hadn't realised there was a mine that included uranium in Jachymov/Joachimsthal and that would have been interesting to many parties. I also didn't know how the borders were maintained to keep the population from escaping - this always seems to be a requirement in a typical communist regime.
The postcards in the small gift shop area have a youthful, fun irreverence for Russian communism and don't reflect the contents of the museum.
The ticket price is expensive relative to other local museums (minus one star).
For me, it's interesting to see the impact of the Soviet era on the countries that had the misfortune to previously be behind the iron curtain. It's easy to assume they were all very similar if your knowledge of history is limited to knowing there was something called the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and the Prague Spring in 1968. I think only historians who work/research that area have a thorough understanding of how each was affected. I've now travelled to the Baltics, Budapest, Berlin and Bucharest and each has a different story. And I'm not saying there aren't any but I've not personally met anyone who has anything good to say about the Soviet era.
As others note, it's a text heavy experience but for me it was very informative. For example, I hadn't realised there was a mine that included uranium in Jachymov/Joachimsthal and that would have been interesting to many parties. I also didn't know how the borders were maintained to keep the population from escaping - this always seems to be a requirement in a typical communist regime.
The postcards in the small gift shop area have a youthful, fun irreverence for Russian communism and don't reflect the contents of the museum.
The ticket price is expensive relative to other local museums (minus one star).
Written 30 September 2023
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Nate080411
Nashua, NH1,025 contributions
Sept 2023 • Friends
This was a great museum, whether you lived through these times or not. They structured the museum incredibly well and was able to guide you through the progression of how communism came into Prague. There are so many layers to this story and it was nicely sectioned out to understand both historical information and glimpses into the lives of those living within the city. They used the space incredibly well, and have everything spelled out in English and Czech. You can spend around 1.5 hours here and it is well worth the time and entrance fee. You shouldn't come to Prague and not acknowledge these tough times.
Written 7 September 2023
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Ali921
Edinburgh, UK1,508 contributions
Jan 2020
There's not much in Prague which covers the communism period so this place does fill the gap. It's not the best museum but at least every display has English which during our visit a lot of non-British visitors seemed to appreciate because it helped them as well. You have to take some of the things written with a pinch of salt (ie don't believe every word) it is written from a very biased point of view. However, you do learn about Czechoslovakia during that period.
Written 10 January 2020
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Lorcan BW
80 contributions
Aug 2022 • Family
We came here with not much prior knowledge of the history of Communism in Czechoslovakia specifically, and we were very impressed by both the range and quality of information. For reference, it took us around 90 minutes to read all of the major displays without going into minute detail. In my opinion it really showed a great range of history; the museum told of everything from revolutions to sports and holidays in the Communist state. It also allowed the visitors to reflect upon the horrors inflicted by the Communist regime, and the widespread ripple effects they have had in the Czech Republic to this date. If you are at all interested in that part of history, I would highly recommend you come here.
Written 18 August 2022
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Ian M
8 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
The museum provides a comprehensive, emotive, engaging overview of the Czech experience of communism, with one major thing missing: any insight into the motives of the communists.
In the entire museum I read less than one paragraph which touched on the ideology of communism, whilst the remainder was ravaged with sweeping negative statements without factual basis. I was caused to laugh out loud at the negative generality at several points — history like this should not make you laugh.
Clearly the communist experiment in Czechoslovakia and the wider eastern bloc was a complete and utter failure. A travesty of human life and of nature. But that gives us all the more reason to explore the reasons why its leaders pursued it and where the experiment went wrong. Despite significant detail in this exhibition, these core issues are completely swept over in favour of assuming communism is simply an evil which was overcome.
In the entire museum I read less than one paragraph which touched on the ideology of communism, whilst the remainder was ravaged with sweeping negative statements without factual basis. I was caused to laugh out loud at the negative generality at several points — history like this should not make you laugh.
Clearly the communist experiment in Czechoslovakia and the wider eastern bloc was a complete and utter failure. A travesty of human life and of nature. But that gives us all the more reason to explore the reasons why its leaders pursued it and where the experiment went wrong. Despite significant detail in this exhibition, these core issues are completely swept over in favour of assuming communism is simply an evil which was overcome.
Written 25 February 2020
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Daniel
London, UK203 contributions
Jan 2020
I came to this museum interested to find out about the experience of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, but while there's some element of this in the museum, but there's too much anti-communist propaganda and much of the information was decontextualised. There aren't that many objects to look at and the museum doesn't compare very well to similar museums elsewhere (such as the DDR, or Stasi, Museums in Berlin). I realised afterwards that this museum was set up by a right wing US businessman - so there's clearly an agenda. I'm not suggesting that communist rule was good or life was was easy - but it's important to give a full picture of life in the past.
Written 9 February 2020
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hi im oap disabled walk with stick is it accessible is there disabled toilets how much is it with thanks
Written 19 February 2019
Toilets fine for disabled use.
Written 19 February 2019
Do you need to prebook tickets? We will be visiting 30th June. Will there be long queues?
Written 15 June 2018
I wouldn't think so. It's a small and kind of out of the way museum and didn't seem to get that much traffic when we were there. And I think we were there on a weekend.
Written 18 June 2018
How much time is needed to visit the museum? Can tickets be purchased in advance ? Are there long lines ? What is the closest metro station or tram stop?
thank you
Written 31 March 2016
It is hidden in between shops. It is small but very interesting. Maybe an 1.5 hrs.at most? When we went there were no lines and we bought tickets there.
Written 31 March 2016
Giovanni A
Udine, Italy
Salve a tutti,
la scorsa settimana sono stato in gita con la scuola e ho visitato il museo del comunismo di Praga: sono rimasto veramente incantato dal video che viene fatto vedere nella piccola saletta a metà percorso della primavera di Praga. Qualcuno sa se si può recuperare il filmato in qualche modo tramite internet? Inoltre sarebbe perfetto trovare anche le canzoni che sono state riprodotte durante il video perché mi piacerebbe veramente tanto riascoltarle.
Grazie a tutti in anticipo
Giovanni
Written 30 March 2015
Ciao Giovanni
Non so se dopo un anno l'ha trovata ma siccome anche a me e piacuta questa canzone, ho fatto un po di ricerca!
Karel Kryl - Děkuji e il video si trova su youtube!
Written 24 August 2016
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