Speculum Alchemiae

Small but very nice museum. The tour is well organised and informative, the rooms have a lot of original details and decorated nicely to express the atmosphere. It gets tight when the tour group is large but everyone gets enough time to explore all the rooms. Would absolutely recommend.

Absolutely amazing tour! The highlight was definitely our instructor—she was incredibly knowledgeable and passionate, giving us a full and engaging overview of the site’s deep history and its UNESCO significance. One of the coolest parts is a hidden door that she guides you through—super fun and mysterious! A heads-up: they only accept cash, and the entrance is 10 euros per person, so make sure to have cash on hand before you arrive. Totally worth it for the experience!

This was a really interesting tour. The guide spoke really good English and was very engaging and interesting. Speculum Alchemiae only offers guided tours so check the times for your chosen language. There are some really old artifacts here and it really does feel like you are stepping back in time. Please note that to get down to the underground area access is only via stairs.

Very beautiful place to visit. The personel was amazing, kind and knowledgeable. The visit is guided and lasts half an hour. The tour starts every 30 minutes. Be careful cause it's a cash only place! Overall, it was a beautiful experience!

Every half hour you can join a guided tour (English) that costs 10 Euros for adults. The guide girl was great, she simply explained this interesting place. Find time if you're in Prague to visit this place, you'll be glad you did later.

I recommend you to visit here!!! You will be able to get abnormal experience. The guide is so nice and friendly. The guide tour is hosted in several hours. You should come and book your slots

One of my favourite museums of the trip. Better to book ahead, but definitely worth a visit!

This is an interesting and kind of odd museum, considering all the other sites in Prague. If you wanna do something a bit away from huge tourist groups, this is your choice. A bit of interest and curiosity in the occult is a must. If you think that stuff is BS (like my companion did) this is probably not for you. The entrance costs €10, and can only be paid in cash. Included in the fee is a tour that lasts for 30 minutes and starts every half hour. The tour is mandatory. The tour starts in the office of an alchemist. There, you will see a mix of replicas and real objects from the time. Through a hidden door in the bookshelf, you will be lead to the dungeons. As far as I understood, they are mostly kept the way they were, when archaeologists discovered them. And here is the crux: although our guide was motivated and eager to give us a good experience, they spoke with a very heavy accent in English, so it was very hard to understand. I probably only got 20% of the information. That made it hard for me to enjoy it fully.

A short tour but one worth taking if you're into this kind of stuff. I came in somewhat on a whim, just before the start of a new tour. There were four of us, which seemed appropriate for the size of the spaces. Our tour guide was new, but she did a fantastic job nonetheless with giving us cool facts and details about the space. There are lots of cool objects and items. Some authentic, some rebuilt, some just for show. You have to guess which is which before the sand in the hourglass empties or everyone dies. There's even a shop where you can purchase versions of the opium-laden potions of the past. Too bad they're not the same. PS, everyone in our group was wearing all black. It's that kind of place ;)

The Speculum Alchemiae (Museum of Alchemy) was informative and fun. Floods opened up a basement in which alchemical texts and equipment. Recreated with love, this alchemy lab is a blast and the guide was as delightful as one could imagine. My companion, a Prague native, had never heard of the place but found it entertaining, while I nd my other companion found it charming. It's maybe not everyone's cup of tea. but if alchemy (the historical origins of chemistry) appeal, then this is a fantastic couple of hours worth of fun.

WOW! Amazingly great old survivor of hundreds of years of oppression. It was re-discovered recently and bought by a wealthy keeper of antiquities. Well worth the effort to go and learn what real Alchemy hundreds of years ago was about. Very sweet and helpful front desk staff and tour guides. Buy an old style bottle of some of their potions, from the original hundreds of years old recipe! Mine worked.