Sternberg Palace, National Gallery Prague. Šternberský palác (Hradčany), Národní galerie Praha.



Since 1947, Sternberg Palace has been home to masterpieces of National Gallery Prague whose predecessor, the Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts, had been located there in the 19th century.

Until 1811, the palace was held by the family trust, with the Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts housed there. The Society sold the building in 1871. For several years, the palace was used as a psychiatric hospital and from World War I it served the army. After World War II it became the seat of the newly constituted National Gallery.