Prague - National Museum

(Local Name: Národní Muzeum) The Prague National Museum (Národní Muzeum) houses a broad range or collections representing a variety of fields with literally millions of items. Displays encompass the areas of mineralogy, paleontology, mycology, botany, entomology, zoology, anthropology, and archaeology. The entomology collection alone numbers over 5 million specimens. The archaeology exhibit has extensive collections of 1st and 2nd Century Roman artifacts, Neolithic and Eneolithic artifacts, as well as Bronze age and Early Iron age finds.

The Prague National Museum is the oldest museum in the Czech Republic. It was established in the early 1800s under the name "Patriotic Museum". The building which