Call for authors ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE – HISTORIA 3–4/2021 23. 4. 2021 We are accepting contributions for the upcoming double issue of the journal Acta Musei Nationalis…
Rules for the study of collection, library and archival material in the space of the National Museum by external researchers 7. 5. 2020 Rules valid from 13 May 2020, when limited research access is possible through personal visits…
National museum introduced the concept of new permanent exhibitions 18. 7. 2018 Architectural designs of the new expositions are known
The world oldest plant macrofossil was discovered in collections of the National museum 3. 5. 2018 Discovery of world unique plant macrofossil in our collections
Scientists from National Museum contributed to discovery of a new mineral 6. 9. 2017 New mineral was given an unusual name
National Museum and the Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums of the Syrian Arab Republic have begun a long-term collaboration on protection of the world cultural heritage 15. 5. 2017 The Syrian delegation visited the National Museum and signed a memorandum of collaboration
Asian Cultures Collection The Asian collections of the National Museum consist of approximately 53,000 pieces, making up about…
Collection of non-European ethnography The sub-collection of non-European ethnography includes a range of objects, from archaeological to…
Collection of non-European numismatics The numismatic collection of the Náprstek museum is a comprehensive, chronologically and…
Collection of the Middle East and Africa in Antiquity Systematically gathers, preserves, studies and presents items from the Middle East and Africa,…
Photographic Collection of the Náprstek Museum The Photographic Collection of the Náprstek Museum contains thematically varied photographs taken…
Náprstek Inventory collection The collection contains objects from the estate of the Náprstek family and their friends
Collection of the Náprstek Museum Archives The basis of the Náprstek Museum Archives is the written estate of the museum's founder, Vojta…
Collection of musical instruments The collection of musical instruments has bowed, plucked and percussive string instruments, brass…
Collection of the Department of Music History In its large collections, the Department of Music history holds manuscripts and printed scores,…
Collection of the Antonín Dvořák Museum The museum holds around 9,000 collection pieces, including a unique set of Dvořák’s autographs and…
Collections of the Bedřich Smetana Museum The museum manages the following collections: Bedřich Smetana; iconography; 3D objects; scenography;…
Book Culture The collection of documents on the development of book culture contains mostly non-literary material…
Collection of manuscripts and early prints The sub-collection of manuscripts and early prints consists of the early prints fonds (25,000…
Collection of Historical Journals Up until 1992 (except for the span 1939–1944), the Journal Department collected periodicals…
Book collection The core of this collection consists of the libraries of famous figures of Czech science and…
Entomological collection Currently, the entomological department of the National Museum holds the largest collection of…
Archaeology collection The archaeological collection systematically documents the life and development of the society of…
Historical collection The historical collection contains a variety of historically valuable objects that can serve us as…
Theatre collection In its diversity, the theatre collection documents various aspects of the history of theatre. It…
Collection of the Museum of the Workers’ Movement in the National Museum Archives The collection of the Museum of the Workers’ Movement in the National Museum Archives serves as a…
Modern Czech History collection The collection of modern Czech history contains over 22 thousand pieces from various areas of…
Collection of the Museum of the Workers’ Movement The collection of the Museum of the Workers' Movement has been established to manage the collection…
National Museum Archives The National Museum Archives hold almost 1,000 archive fonds and collections. These are historical…
Czechoslovak Documentation Centre The Czechoslovakian Documentation Centre holds the collections of the exiled Czechoslovak…
Collection of the Department of the History of Physical Education and Sports – 3D objects The 3D collection holds historical sports equipment, awards, small-scale sculptures and artistic…
Photo Archive of the Department of the History of Physical Training and Sports The photo archive holds thematic photographs from the 19th century to the present. The most…
Archives of the History of physical education and sports (HPES archives) The HPES Archives collects written documents on the topic of sports. The archives consist of the…
Ethnographic collections The ethnographic collections illustrate the traditional and modern folk cultures in the Czech lands…
Palaeontological collection The paleontological collection is the largest collection of fossils in the Czech Republic and one of…
Lichenological collection The major part of this collection consists of lichen herbaria, large thalli in the collection of…
Anthropology collection The collection consists of the following sub-collections: skeletal remains of past populations,…
Botanical collection and herbarium The collection of the botanical department was formed when the museum was founded, and nowadays it…
Mycological collection The major part of the mycological collection consists of herbarium mushroom specimens, wet…
Geological collection The geological sub-collection holds a wide variety of rock specimens, which illustrate both the…
Collection of cut gemstones The collection's beginnings date from the last quarter of the 19th century. It is primarily the…
Petrographic collection The petrographic collection holds over 24,800 recorded items. The core of the collection consists of…
Collection of tectites The collection of tektites, bodies of natural glass formed by the impact of meteorites on the…
Collection of meteorites The collection contains 519 pieces, with all of the basic types of meteorite, i.e. chondrites,…
Mineralogical collection From the historical point of view, the mineralogical collection is the main collection of the…
Collection of mammals The collection of mammals contains numerous specimens from all around the world. It holds over…
Collection of fish This is a collection of vertebrate fishes, which contains about 26,000 catalogued items from around…
Collection of invertebrates, excluding insects The collection of invertebrates is the largest among the zoological collections. It was started in…
Collection of amphibians and reptiles The herpetological collection documents and presents to the public the worldwide variety of…
Collection of birds Collections of skins, skeletons, eggs, nests, stuffed birds and anatomical parts of birds.
Collection of classical archaeology The collection consists mostly of examples of ancient craftsmanship; to a lesser extent, marble and…
Numismatic collection The numismatic department of the National Museum is the leading scientific workplace in its field.…
