National Museum in Prague is the biggest museum in the Czech Republic. The National Museum was built on the site of the former Horse Gate, so named because Wenceslas Square served as the main Prague horse market.
The permanent exhibitions in the National Museum include:
* Prehistory of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia
* Decorations of Medals of European countries in the 19th and the 20th century
* Mineralogy and Petrology Collection
* Palaeonthological Collection
* Zoological Collection