Lobkowicz Palace Prague: 22 Galleries & Audio Guide

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Duration2h

Audio guideEN · CS +9

Mobile ticketAccepted

Inside a 600-Year-Old Palace, 22 Rooms of European Treasures

You enter with a timed ticket and an audio guide, then spend as long as you want moving through 22 galleries of paintings, manuscripts, ceramics, and military artifacts spanning 600 years of European culture. The terrace at the end offers views across Prague with optional audio context. No guide, no group, no schedule—just you and the collection.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Lobkowicz Palace Museum

Enter Lobkowicz Palace Museum
Visit 22 galleries at leisure
Admire royal portraits and art
See ceramics and decorative arts
View military and sporting rifles
Explore musical instruments and scores
Enjoy Lobkowicz terrace view
Listen to Prague history audiotour

The Experience

You walk in expecting a standard palace tour, and then you see the Canaletto paintings. Not prints—originals, hanging in rooms that belonged to the Lobkowicz family for centuries. The Lobkowicz Palace in Prague holds the oldest and largest private collection in the Czech Republic, and the audio guide doesn't rush you through it. You move at your own pace through 22 galleries, stopping as long as you want in front of a Velázquez portrait or a case of 16th-century ceramics. The palace itself is the kind of place where you can feel the weight of history in the walls—not in a heavy way, just present.

What catches most people off guard is the range. You'll see royal portraits and military rifles from the 16th to 18th centuries, decorative arts from the Bohemian era, and then—in a quieter room—original musical scores. Beethoven's 4th and 5th symphonies are there. Mozart's re-orchestration of Handel's Messiah. If you've ever wondered what a composer's handwriting looks like, or how a page of music changes when someone rewrites it, this is where you find out. The audio guide walks you through the context, so you're not just looking at objects; you're understanding why they matter.

After the galleries, there's the terrace. It opens onto Prague itself—the rooftops, the river, the way the city spreads out below. The audio guide includes a Panorama Tour that explains what you're looking at, which helps if you're trying to place the landmarks. It's not a rushed thing; you can stand there as long as you want. Entry is timed, so you're not fighting crowds, and the whole experience is self-guided—no waiting for a group to move, no keeping pace with someone else's rhythm.

What’s included

Timed entry ticket to Lobkowicz Palace.
audio guide covering all 22 galleries.
Panorama Tour audio content for the terrace.
self-paced access to the full collection.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelWheelchair accessiblePets welcomeNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by The Lobkowicz Palace

Is this one for you?Right for anyone who wants to see major European artworks and historical pieces without a crowded group tour or fixed schedule—the audio guide and self-paced format mean you spend time only on what interests you.