KGB Museum

Well okay, it’s a little pricy for what it is (a couple of rooms of memorabilia), but you need to look at it as an experience rather than a museum per se. The guy that owns it and shows it is a character. He puts on a show. He’s filled with stories that he most likely experienced firsthand. It’s off beat and fun if you allow yourself to get past the museum association. My teen son couldn’t stop talking about it. It’s really something off the beaten track to do in Prague.

This museum is interesting, if a little overpriced. The place is ran by a man who is quite a KGB fanatic, and he tells his stories in a very interesting way. His English is a bit hard to understand at times, but he makes up for it with his animated way of interacting.
Also, there are no set times for his tours, so when you show up you just have to keep your fingers crossed and hope he’s either not busy, or about to finish up with his previous tour.
I am very glad I visited, and will recommend others to check this place out. There are some very cool artifacts and stories to be heard.

Ok… I was intrigued with the subject and wanted to experience this place for myself. Taking the Charles Bridge across the river, the KGB Museum is about a 20 minute leisurely walk from old square. It is a small place but packed with interesting items. The Russian owner and guide is very knowledgable and more importantly passionate about these artifacts and history of the Soviet Union. I was the only one there and, as an American, was interested in many of the pieces. Not to say my host did not have a bias, but everything described was «beautiful». When I asked (in pure curiosity) how many people were in the Gulags (sp?), my question was answered but not without the rhetorical question: «How many people in American prisons? I tell you…7 millions. Only 1 million in Soviet ‘labor camps’.» I get the false pride and I simply smiled and changed the subject. Otherwise, my host was very friendly and allowed me to hold a few relics as well as he took a couple of pictures with me decked out in a KGB issued hat and semi-​automatic rifle. I’m sure they will get a Facebook response :) If you have an hour and subject interests you, please pay my Russian host a visit. You will feel transported to the Cold War and walk away with a new appreciation.

This is a funlittle museum right next to the U.S.Embassy. Actully ut is just past the police station but if yiu see the Embassy.

A little pricy (300 CZK) but very interesting. It’s more of a large personal collection rather than a museum. Still worth checking out if you have time to spare.

I visited the KGB Museum on the last day of a four-​day trip to Prague. Having seen all of the ‘top ten’ sites in the Lonely Planet guidebook (and having been burned out on churches, walking around old down, etc.), we read the reviews of the KGB Museum and thought we’d take a chance.
What a great decision.
The museum is a private collector’s assemblage of KGB historical artifacts, presented in two rooms and the basement of a home. The owner /​private collector gives a very energetic, funny, and engaging tour explaining the highlights of his collection and the history of the KGB. (And you get to hold Soviet-​era KGB knives, guns, and wear a KGB hat — sort of hard to top that).
Important FYI — The tour seemingly runs in an infinite loop, meaning that when you arrive, you need to be patient and wait in the entrance for the owner to welcome you and make you part of the existing tour. When that tour ends, he starts over from the beginning, and you’ll catch up to what you missed. It sounds weird, but it totally works. The cost is 300czk per person, the tour runs about 45 minutes, and it would be interesting for anyone from 8 to 80+.

This is a fun little museum right next to the US Embassy. Actually it is just past the police station but if you see the Embassy your close. The dude that runs it is very animated and will help you pose pictures. I get the feeling he is showing you his personal collection that he has lovingly maintained. The tour at 300CZK seem expensive, but I do not feel I over payed. I knew lots of stuff about the KGB as a child of cold war spy fiction, but I learned lots and saw things that I had only read about. Is it a must see? No, is it something that is a fun see? Most definitely yes! Makes for a nice easy hour or so if you have the time to spare. If you’re here for 72 hours you got other stuff to do, but say you’re here for a week give it a try. One tip the place is run by one person and he is busy so wait patiently at the door if you feel you are being ignored ring the bell and he will come. At different parts of the tour he stops and lets more people in and then restarts the tours so you get all the information you missed but with different people. Oh the hours 9am to 6pm