National Gallery in Prague - Sternberg Palace

The Sternberg Palace, or Šternberský palác, houses one of Prague’s key art collections: the National Gallery’s European holdings from antiquity through the Baroque. The palace itself is a Baroque residence from early 18th-century Prague, and today it gives those old masters a setting that feels entirely fitting. Inside, you move through centuries of European painting and sculpture, with names like Rembrandt and Rubens anchoring the collection. The National Gallery in Prague was founded on 5 February 1796, so this is part of a much larger story than one building alone. It’s one of the city’s great public art institutions, run by Národní galerie v Praze, and the focus here is very specific: European art up to the end of the Baroque era. That makes the Sternberg Palace different from the city’s more eclectic museums, because its collection has a clear arc, from antiquity to the 18th century. …

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