Villa Müller visitor guide — everything you need to know before visiting

At a glance

Address

Nad Hradním vodojemem 642/14, Prague 6 – Střešovice

Open

Wednesday to Sunday

Hours

9:00–18:00, tours from 9:00 to 16:30

Guided tour

About 75 minutes

Group size

Eight people at most

English tours

10:30 and 15:00 every opening day

Tickets

Guided tour only, sold in batches

Where the villa is

Villa Müller stands at Nad Hradním vodojemem 642/14 in Střešovice, a quiet residential district of Prague 6 on the hill west of Prague Castle. The plot runs down a north-facing slope between Nad Hradním vodojemem and Střešovická street, with a fall of about eleven metres. Its highest corner, by the entrance, sits higher than Prague Castle itself.

That height is why the Müllers chose it. The museum describes views over the Vltava valley towards Troja and a glimpse of St Vitus Cathedral. From the street the house looks closed and plain, a white block above a green fence. Everything it has to offer is inside, which is exactly what Adolf Loos intended.

How the guided tour works

There is no self-guided visit. Every visitor goes in on a guided tour of about 75 minutes, and a valid ticket for a specific tour is needed even by those who go free. The tour starts at its scheduled time at the gate and leads you through the whole house, from the service and technical rooms in the basement up to the highest floors.

Groups are capped at eight people. The museum keeps them this small so you can move comfortably between rooms that are often only a few steps apart, and to protect furniture and finishes that date from 1930. In good weather the tour also includes the exterior and the garden. Your guide answers questions as you go, and the museum asks every visitor to follow the guide's instructions.

English tours and Czech tours

Six tours run each opening day, at 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 13:30, 15:00 and 16:30. Two of them, 10:30 and 15:00, are guided in English. The other four are guided in Czech. If you do not speak Czech, choose one of the two English start times when you book.

Because there are only two English tours a day, with eight places each, they are the first to fill. If neither English tour is free on your date, you can still book a Czech tour; the rooms are the same and photography is allowed throughout, but the commentary will be in Czech. If you would rather wait for an English place, leave us your date and we watch it for you.

Opening days and closures

Villa Müller is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 9:00 to 18:00, and closed every Monday and Tuesday. The first tour starts at 9:00 and the last at 16:30. Our booking calendar only offers the days the villa is open.

The museum's own calendar lists no tours on 29 November and from 2 to 6 December 2026, so those dates are greyed out. Tours are put on sale in batches. At the moment they run up to 20 December 2026, and dates after that are not yet on sale. If you are travelling later, you can leave your date with us without paying, and we book when the next batch opens.

Fares, children and concessions

We offer the three paid tickets the museum sells for the standard tour: adult, student (which also covers children aged 15 and over) and senior 65+. Students and seniors hold different tickets at the gate, so they are separate fares with us. Bring the right proof on the day: a student card, ID showing a young visitor's age, or photo ID showing you are 65 or over.

Children under 15 go free when they come with an adult. They still need a ticket, and each child takes one of the eight places on the tour, so tell us their ages at checkout and we add their free tickets to your booking. A family of four with two young children therefore fills half a tour, which is worth knowing when places are scarce.

What you see inside

The house is built on Loos's Raumplan: rooms are set at different heights according to their use and importance, arranged around a central staircase and joined by short flights of steps. The tour climbs through them in order. The living hall is lined with green Cipollino marble; the dining room and the ladies' boudoir open off it at their own levels; mahogany, lemonwood veneer and painted joinery fill the private rooms above.

Look for the small details the museum points out. The knob on the entrance door is black on the outside and white on the inside. Some of the freestanding furniture is the villa's own, back after years on loan, and other pieces and paintings are lent by the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the National Gallery Prague and the Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen.

What changed in 2026

The villa closed in February 2025 for more than a year and a half of works and reopened on 1 October 2026. The main job was the roof terrace, which had not been fully overhauled for about twenty-five years. It is open to visitors again whenever the weather allows.

Inside, the original paper wallpaper in the bedroom was restored, replicas were made of the original paper lamps, and the paintwork, wooden floors and metal fittings were refreshed. The tour route was also extended. For the first time, visitors see the parlour, the guest room and the servants' quarters: the maid's room, a bathroom and a toilet with a separate washroom.

Bags, shoes and photographs

Before the tour starts, leave your hand luggage in the cloakroom. The museum asks this so the house feels lived in, and so nothing knocks against walls and furniture in rooms that are small and close together.

The floors are the original wood. Very high heels were rarely worn in the 1930s, the museum notes, and visitors who arrive in them are asked to change their footwear. Photography is allowed and welcome, but without flash and without a tripod. The villa is a historic house with limited toilets, so use the facilities before you come up the hill. Keep a phone or small camera in your pocket for the tour.

Accessibility

Villa Müller is not wheelchair accessible. The Raumplan that makes the house remarkable also means there is no level route through it: almost every room is reached by a few steps up or down, and the tour climbs from the basement to the roof terrace.

If you find stairs difficult, you can still take part as long as you can manage several short flights over about 75 minutes, with pauses while the guide speaks. The roof terrace at the end of the route is reached by stairs too. Write to us before you book if you are unsure; we will tell you what we know about the route so you can decide.

Getting there

Trams on the Střešovice line stop at Ořechovka, below the villa, and from there it is a short walk up to the gate on Nad Hradním vodojemem. Tram numbers in Prague change from time to time, so check the current lines from your hotel in a Prague public transport journey planner on the day.

Allow time for the hill and for finding the gate, because the tour leaves at its scheduled time. If you are combining the visit with Prague Castle, Střešovice is the next district to the west, and the villa makes a good morning or afternoon on either side of it.

Read the full guide: How to get to Villa Müller in Střešovice →

Booking with us

Choose your fare, your date and one of the six start times, then pay once in your own currency. We reserve your tour on the Museum of Prague's official system and email you the e-ticket. Show it at the gate at your start time.

If your date is sold out or not yet on sale, you can leave it with us without paying. We watch for released tours and for places that come back, and when one opens we email you a secure payment link. You are never charged for a tour we cannot book. We are an independent service; the villa itself is run by the Museum of Prague.

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