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Occupying the southern tip of Žofín Island, this contemporary art gallery hosts both Czech and foreign artists.

The gallery of the Austrian Cultural Institute highlights the shared cultural heritage of Prague and Vienna. Shows have included retrospectives of Oskar Kokoschka and Gustav Klimt.

Philatelists’ mouths water over this one. Its exhibitions illustrate the colourful history of postage stamps in the Czech Republic and Europe. Sells commemorative sheets and graphic works too.

Visitors can explore 19th-century Prague with Antonín Langweil’s scaled replica of the city.

Art Nouveau artist Alfons Mucha is a national hero. Here you’ll find his journals, sketchbooks and paintings, both private and commercial.

A triptych of the dream, reality and nightmare that was Communist Czechoslovakia. To fill the museum, its creators combed the country for mementos of its totalitarian past.

Madame Tussaud’s, it isn’t, but its collection includes the best – and likely only – waxwork representations of President Václav Havel, tennis star Martina Navrátilová and author Franz Kafka.

Palaeontology, mineralogy and a host of other “ologies”. The museum’s collections are scattered throughout the country, but the Wenceslas Square edifice is a cultural artifact in its own right.

The museum documents the police’s efforts with engaging exhibits, such as an interactive crime scene.

This Baroque palace houses the 19th-century composer’s piano and viola, as well as other memorabilia of his life and work (see Antonin Dvořák).