Museum of Communism

Feb 2026: About a 10-minute walk from the Astronomical Clock in Old Town Square. No queues (Saturday around noon) and bought tickets on entry. The museum is small and very text-heavy, with most information on the walls, and there aren’t many interactive exhibits. It’s not very engaging for young children, as the atmosphere is quiet and reflective — not on my top Prague to-do list, though my husband found it interesting. You can see everything in 30–60 minutes, so I’d only recommend it if you have an hour to spare. The photos I’ve posted were my main attractions, everything else was text heavy along with a few display cabinets & photos. There are plenty of nice eateries nearby though.

Seems to be a good museum to visit and see some old authentic objects. The history was represented well for the Chech side. There were few devastating objects showcasing the cruelty of the time. If you have chance do visit this place. A good interesting illusion instalation of a "room" is showcased.

This is a really well done and informative history of eastern European communism, especially where it relates to the former Czechoslovakia. Very sobering and pretty heart-rending at times but balanced out by the tongue-in-cheek tone of the gift shop! You could fly round it in maybe 45 mins just focusing on the excellent exhibits e.g. example classrooms, apartments, offices, even motorbikes or you could take your time reading it all and it could easily take a couple of hours. All in all , would definitely recommend it if you're interested in the era.

Going to this museum was the best decision I made in my trip to Prague. If you are into history of countries you have to go there! I spent almost 4 hours here reading every detail. It’s perfect that they are showing the history of communism from the very beginning in Czechoslovakia and continue it as an engaging timeline. The tickets are super cheap comparing to insane tickets across Europe to get inside a church for 30-40€. As a student I only paid 290 CZK. I also liked the design of the museum from the darkness of communism to the bright side of Prague spring and the velvet revolution. Highly recommended🤞🏻💯

Would like to give an extra ½ star: so 3½ I did enjoy this museum, but there was so much reading and very little in the way of actual exhibits. Little disappointed tbh. An audio guide would have been preferable or helpful: would have brought the whole thing to life a little more

Well.. it is pretty interesting but .. the facts and how they were portrait were pretty one sided and heavy. The museum has a lot of information and artefacts from the time between 1930-1960 after that it feels a little rushed .. only a few walls with a few texts.. how did the people live in that time? Felt irrelevant to the museum. Their shop is inside if the museum .. yes pretty funny merchandise but hella expensive.

super interesting. one thing is their family tickets are confusing since you all have to pile through the turnstall on one scan. multiple people had issues with this while we were there. otherwise, i highly recommend it for the interesting and educational exhibits

If you’re Eastern European it won’t tell you anything new at all. The whole museum feels like it was made by an American for Americans who’ve never encountered communism before. I mean there’s literally a “timeline” piece in the museum where they put “creation of Apple” on the same page with end of world war 2. Basically for the price of ≈17€ you basically get a retelling of history of Czech Republic starting from the 1900 and are supposed to be shocked by that. I was hoping there would be some information about Cuban Communism and how they were influenced by USSR, but no nothing. The only place that we liked was the movie theatre where you can watch old recordings of the 1989 protests in Prague and the revolution. Overall I would say this place is severely overpriced and quite one-sided.