Free Events in Prague: May 2026

19 května, 2026
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Free Events in Prague: May 2026. Your monthly listing of free events in Prague is here. We are keeping it updated with the best things you can see, hear, and experience without spending a crown. Go to concerts, discover contemporary Czech art, visit the Museum of Prague, go to concerts and try your hand at 3D printing.

Theatre

The Italian Cultural Institute offers an exhibition of Neapolitan theatre costumes until June 28.

Special Events

Strojimport, foto Karel Štefl

23.-24.5. the ever popular Open House Praha 2026 enables free entry to a hundred of buildings in the city.

Music

20.5. Kind of Goethe: Kristina & Martina Barta / Prague Impro Room feat. David Friedman (USA) – Concert (Jazz Series) at the Goethe Institut.

Nature

Botanical Garden of Charles University (Na Slupi) is 250 years old and really impressive. The outdoor exhibitions are open year-round and free of charge.

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Visit the Valdštejnská zahrada (Wallenstein Garden): trees, fountains, sculptures and magnificient buildings in the heart of Prague.

Third Spaces

HW lab (Tuesday to Thursday, 16:30–20:00, Open workshop — free entry: Try 3D printing or CNC.

Art

At the Magnus Art Gallery, the renowned Czech artist Rony Plkesk shows his art collection.

The Molochov house at Letná now hosts a walk-through gallery.

Beate Winkler, foto Aleksandra Pawloff

Till July 11: Artist Beate Winkler presents her exhibition project Color in the Head: Art in Dialogue at the gallery of the Austrian Cultural Forum Prague. According to the artist, the art helps to create positive visions of the future by encouraging new ways of thinking, shifts in perspective, and inspiration; she rolls and unrolls her works made of handmade paper, attaching them to the wall in various ways and forms.

We also interviewed Ms Winkler here.

Šárka Váchová’s puppets

The Czech Television has a small gallery showing an exhibition of film puppets and illustrations by Šárka Váchová, titled The Magic of Puppets and the Poetry of the Image – Kouzlo loutek a poezie obrazu. Worth a visit!
Endless Curiosity, an exhibition drawn from the Sublime Hyacinth Collection, presents a selection of major Czech painters of the past three decades at Galerie Magnus Art. The show runs till 2 May, with free admission.
Until May 10 at Galerie Rudolfinum: Sahej Rahal and his exhibition called Beyond the City of Time.

Museums

The Museum of Prague has reopened after renovations and currently offers free admission to the entire main building.
Army museum. Tue-Sun 10 to 18 hodin. Military history of Czechia.
The Museum of the Prague Infant Jesus shows the statuette plus various clothes it received from all ofer the world.
The exhibition Gifts for the President from Nearby and Faraway II is on view all year at Prague Castle.

Food

Food Not Bombs Prague distribute food every Sunday from 16:00 at Winston Churchill Square, offering meals to anyone, no questions asked.
You can also get a free hot meal on Friday from 17:30 and Saturday from 16:00 in Holešovice, near Praha-Holešovice railway station. (facebook).