If you are not interested in booking a guided programme or guided tour, or if your preferred dates for school programmes are no longer available, you can also visit the Museum complex, i.e. the Historical and New Building of the National Museum, on your own at any time during opening hours. Answers to the most common questions about your visit can be found below.
PLEASE NOTE THAT PUPILS UNDER THE AGE OF 15 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A TEACHER AT ALL TIMES IN THE MUSEUM.
SCHOOL VISIT WITHOUT A BOOKED PROGRAMME:
Is it necessary to book a school visit to the National Museum Complex if I am not interested in a guided programme or guided tour?
If you and your school group decide to visit the Museum Complex during standard opening hours without a selected programme and guide, it is not necessary to make any reservations or announce your visit in advance. You only need to provide proof of school affiliation (e.g. a named list of students with school stamp, ISIC/ITIC card or other student identification) at the ticket office upon request.
How much does it cost to visit the museum without a programme?
Pupils up to 15 years of age are admitted free of charge, the price of admission for pupils over 15 years of age is 40 CZK. Three accompanying teaching staff are also admitted free of charge. However, even zero tickets must be picked up at the ticket office. Specific conditions apply for visiting the Children's Museum, see Children's Museum.
Do you provide worksheets to schools?
Currently we don't have any worksheets in English.
The National Museum in Your Pocket mobile app is also available in the Museum Complex. It features routes leading through the exhibitions Miracles of Evolution (including augmented reality starring a fin whale), Windows into Prehistory, History and 20th Century History. As well, you will find several guided stops relating to the history and decoration of the National Museum's Historic Building. The app is available in Czech, English and Ukrainian, and is completely free of charge.
Which way to enter the Museum Complex?
The Museum Complex consists of the Historical Building and the New Building of the National Museum. During opening hours, school groups are advised to use the main entrance to the New Building of the National Museum, which is not as busy as the entrance to the Historical Building. Then you can conveniently go from there to the opposite Historical building via the underground connecting corridor.
Does the Museum Complex have wheelchair access?
Yes, the wheelchair accessible entrance is through the visitor entrance of the New Building. The café and the underground corridor also lead to the Historical Building.
Are there special changing rooms for schools in the building?
Yes, there are two rooms in the Historic Building in the basement with a total of six lockers reserved for schools. Keys to these rooms are available for loan from the staff.
In the New Building, the lockers are located directly in the standard visitor locker room area and keys are distributed by the cloakroom staff.
The use of the cloakrooms in both the Historic and New Buildings of the National Museum is free, but all pupils in your group should be provided with a five-crown coin to operate the lockers if the standard cloakroom capacity is exhausted.
Is there a place to rest, have a snack, etc. in the museum?
Yes, in the New Building of the National Museum, the play area near the Children's Museum on the 2nd floor is used for this purpose, and in the Historical Building of the National Museum, the hall is used for school groups to meet with programme lecturers.
Thank you and we look forward to your visit.
Contact: vzdelavani@nm.cz, tel.: +420 224 497 443