On May 25, the ARK III mobile digitisation station was officially handed over in Kyiv to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve.
900 exhibits, royal treasures and unsolved mysteries
The story of the dynasty that transformed the Czech principality into a kingdom and fundamentally shaped Central Europe comes to life in this year’s largest exhibition at the National Museum of the Czech Republic.
The National Museum of the Czech Republic has expanded its sports collections with the estate of Czechoslovak Olympic discus champion Olga Fikotová-Connolly, one of the most significant sports figures in modern Czech history.
Dear visitors,
you can visit most of the Prague and non-Prague buildings of the National Museum during the Easter holidays from 3 to 6 April 2026.
The National Museum of the Czech Republic is continuing its efforts to protect cultural heritage in Ukraine by deploying the ground-breaking mobile digitisation unit Ark III. The unit makes it possible to create detailed 3D records of endangered monuments, artifacts collection objects directly on site. The project was made possible with the support of the Karel Komárek Family Foundation.
The National Museum of the Czech Republic had an exceptionally successful year in 2025. Its exhibitions and displays were visited by 1,379,068 people, which is 144,603 more visitors than in 2024. The unique exhibition of the original fossils of Lucy and Selam, as well as the exhibitions Chinggis Khan and 100 Treasures, 100 Stories, enjoyed extraordinary interest from visitors and confirmed the international prestige of the institution.
Dear visitors,
you can visit the selected Prague buildings of the National Museum during the Christmas holidays on December 25 and 26 and also on December 31, 2025 during their ordinary opening hours. The museum is closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
After 60 days, during which visitors to the National Museum of the Czech Republic had the unique opportunity to come face to face with some of the oldest known ancestors of humankind, Lucy and Selam headed home to Addis Ababa.
One of the greatest treasures of Chinese art – a magnificent jade carving of a Cabbage with Grasshopper and Locust – is on display for the first time in Europe in the Historical Building of the National Museum of the Czech Republic.
From August 25 to October 23, 2025, visitors to the National Museum of the Czech Republic will have a unique opportunity to see some of the most valuable and oldest paleoanthropological exhibits in the world. For the first time in history, the original fossils of the iconic human ancestors Lucy and Selam are on display in Europe. Until now, the public has only been able to see the original Lucy fossil outside Ethiopia once, during a six-year tour of the United States between 2007 and 2013. The original Selam fossil was officially unveiled only at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa in 2006 when the new discovery was announced. This is also the first and only opportunity to see these unique fossils together in one place, at the beginning of the exhibition People and Their Ancestors in the Historical Building of the National Museum of the Czech Republic.
Under strict security measures and the supervision of the Special Operations Unit of the Police of the Czech Republic, a special Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying some of the most precious objects of the world’s cultural heritage landed this afternoon, 15 August 2025, at Václav Havel Airport Prague.
Virtual reality, augmented reality and digital guides – the National Museum has transformed itself in recent years into a modern space where history is connected with the latest technologies.
Dear visitors,
you can visit most of the Prague and non-Prague buildings of the National Museum during the Easter holidays from 18 to 21 April 2025.
On 11 March 2025, the National Museum of the Czech Republic, in collaboration with the Chinggis Khaan National Museum, will unveil the first of its major exhibition projects this year. Named after one of history’s most extraordinary figures, Chinggis Khan, the exhibition extends beyond the life and times of the legendary conqueror and founder of one of the greatest historical empires.
Dear visitors,
you can visit the selected Prague buildings of the National Museum during the Christmas holidays on December 25 and 26 and also on December 31, 2024 during their ordinary opening hours. The museum is closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
As part of the Year of Czech Music, National Museum of the Czech Republic prepared a project for opera lovers that presents the art and achievements of Czech female opera singers abroad. In collaboration with the Czech Center and The Metropolitan Opera in New York, a brand-new exhibition called Czech Prima Donnas at the Met Opera opened on May 22.
Dear visitors,
you can visit most of the Prague and selected non-Prague buildings of the National Museum during the Easter holidays from March 29 to April 1, 2024.
Dear visitors,
you can visit the selected Prague buildings of the National Museum during the Christmas holidays on December 25 and 26 and also on December 31, 2023 during their ordinary opening hours. The museum is closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Opening hours of the study rooms for the researchers
