Military Historical Institute

Military Historical Institute of Prague

The museum, research, and library facility of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic. It includes the Žižkov Army Museum, the Kbely Aircraft Museum, the Lešany Military Technical Museum, and other external exhibition spaces. The museum holds several thematic events each year where military equipment can be seen in motion.

Lešany Military Technology Museum
The exhibition consists of more than 700 historical tanks, cannons, motorcycles, and armored, freight, and personal military vehicles from 1890 to the present.

Lešany u Týnce nad Sázavou
Tel.: +420 973 296 161, 973 204 951
Open in the season, June and September
only on weekends: from 9:30 to 17:30, July and August
every day except Mondays: from 9:30 to 17:30
Free entry

Kbely Air Museum
The exhibition is directly related to the history of Czechoslovakia and Czech aviation, especially military. A number of aircraft are unique in the world. The Kbely exhibit also includes the Staré Aerovka complex in Letňany, where unique historical airplanes are also displayed.

Mladoboleslavská, Prague 9 – Kbely
Tel.: +420 973 207 500, 973 204 951
Open in the season, May to October, every day except Mondays: from 10:00 to 18:00.
Free entry.

External exhibition spaces:

Castle Guard Museum
– Prague 1, Prague Castle
The Mihulka Powder Tower is home to an exhibition devoted to the development of Czech military units guarding Prague Castle from the earliest times to the present.

Žižkov Army Museum
The museum is closed for the long term due to planned reconstruction.