Archdiocesan museum

Olomouc

The Archdiocesan Museum has its seat in the buildings of the former chapter deanery and on the premises of the National Cultural Monument Přemislid Castle. The Bishop’s Palace of Henry Zdík and the Chapel of St Barbara are also included in the exhibition tour. The permanent exhibition of the museum introduces its visitors to the spiritual culture of the Olomouc Archdiocese. A picture gallery offers a collection of top quality paintings accumulated in Olomouc starting in the 16th century. Also of interest is the extensive ”Mozarteum” hall named in commemoration of the stay of the famous musical composer here. The museum offers audio guide in Czech, English, German and Polish.

Hunting-forestry museum

Úsov

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The hunting-forestry museum is a unique institution of its kind in Central Europe. The interiors of the chateau in Úsov contain hunting and natural science collections from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The rich collections of animal life include items from not only the extensive Liechtenstein estates, but also from hunting trips to Poland, Italy, Africa and India.

Comenius Museum

Přerov

The Přerov Comenius Museum is proud of its title as the oldest museum of its kind in the world. Mineral collections, a reconstruction of schoolrooms from the 17th century to the early 20th century, and Haná folklore await you in the Renaissance chateau.

Museum of Modern Art

Olomouc

The museum focuses on contemporary arts and it is the third largest institution of this type in the country. It provides long-term exhibitions of modern art and shorter exhibitions of prominent Czech and foreign artists.

Museum of Art

Olomouc

The museum owns an enormous collection of European old masters and a collection of 20th century Czech art. In the extent of its collections it is the third largest institution of its type in the country. Its collection of roughly 60,000 items is made up of paintings, sculptures, drawings, graphic works, photography, furniture and book art.

Olomouc Castle with Church of St. Wenceslas

Olomouc

The Romanesque Bishop’s and Capitular Palace, founded in the beginning of the 12th century, located adjacent to St. Wenceslas Cathedral. The complex is made up of a splendid Gothic cloister with open courtyard and attached Chapels of St. Anne and St. John the Baptist and two original encompassing walls of the Bishop’s Palace with groups of richly decorated Romanesque windows. In June the Romanesque Bishop’s Palace will become part of the new Archdiocese Museum, with exhibitions in the nearby Baroque building of the capitular deanery.

Natural Science Museum

Olomouc

Thanks to its unique collections, numbering thousands of pieces, the borders of Central Moravia are often extended abroad. One item of interest, for example, is an exposition entitled Olomouc Over the Centuries which will acquaint you with the rich history of Olomouc in an unusual fashion.

Chateau Tovačov

Tovačov

Tovačov is surrounded by water and alluvial forest on three sides. According to legend, the castle was founded as a sanctuary for hunters. It was reconstructed as a renaissance chateau by the last of the Cimburks. The characteristic feature of the chateau is its nearly 100m high Spanish tower, from atop of which visitors have an unforgettable and unspoiled view of the surroundings. Of interest are its chateau chapel with early baroque stucco work and a staircase in the chateau’s left wing styled after that in the Vienna Opera House.

Chateau Úsov

Úsov

Úsov is one of the oldest preserved North Moravian castle and is built in the French style. It suffered significant damage during the Swedish occupation in the year 1643 only to be restored at the end of the 17th century during the time of Lord Jan Adam of Liechtenstein. He had a three-storey palace built with a monumental staircase designed by the Italian architect Domenic Martinelli with part of the castle thus taking on a chateau character. The chateau hunting-forestry museum was founded in the year 1898 and is a unique collection throughout all of Central Europe.

Gallery Šternberk

Šternberk

The gallery is conceived as a gallery of modern art primarily exhibiting the work of foremost Czech visual artists. Accompanying the exhibitions are animated and educational programmes for children.

Hranice Town Museum and Gallery

Hranice

The museum’s activities are concentrated in the historical Town Hall building on Masaryk Square. Aside from tours of the beautiful gothic hall, visitors can see furnishings of burghers’ houses, a model of the Hranice chateau and adjacent streets, showing how the town might have looked circa 1750.

The Museum of Archbishop Antonín Cyril Stojan

Beňov

Exhibition items documenting the life and deeds of the First Republic Archbishop Antonín Cyril Stojan are supplemented by a collection of folk costumes and cultural artefacts from the municipality and its immediate surroundings.

Kojetín District Museum

Kojetín

Located in the Education and Information Centre on Masarykovo náměstí (Masaryk Square). New expositions annually. In the Jewish Corner there is a mini-exposition bearing witness to the life of the Jewish community in Kojetín, from the 15th century to its liquidation by Fascists in 1942. Part of the museum is a gallery dedicated to famous sons and daughters of Kojetín and an exhibition hall of contemporary artists.

Museum Litovel

Litovel

A permanent exposition of folk crafts and other topical exhibitions and events

A permanent exposition of folk crafts accompanied by topical exhibitions focusing on arts, nature and history. The year 2007 commemorates the wrestling world champion Gustav Frištenský, who spent most of his life in Litovel.

Mohelnice Museum

Mohelnice

The museum is locaed in the building of the former rectory, originally a Bishop’s castle dating back to the middle of the 13th century. Rare Renaissance frescos from the 16th century are housed in its spaces. One may take a look at them when viewing the additional exposition “From the History of Mohelnice” or one of the other occasional exhibitions.

Prostějov Regional Museum

Prostějov

Permanent exhibition, offering an overview of the geological past and prehistoric history of the region, as well as an exhibition on the local poet Jiří Wolker and one on the history of time keeping.

Mature Curd Cheese Museum

Loštice

A unique museum devoted to the past and present of production of the famous delicacy

On the spot of the original A.W. company plant, a museum was built in 1994, and a new shop has been open next to the production plant at Palackého street. Tools used in the production of mature curd cheese are installed in the museum. Curd milling and pressing is documented in the cellar, while production is shown on the other floors. You can see a video recording of current production, as well as production around 1920.

Adolf Kašpar Monument

Loštice

The renowned Czech book illustrator Adolf Kašpar used to live in this house every year during the summer with his family and it now houses in the attic a small museum with the painter’s studio with his work table and church and a collection of well-known illustrations to the works of various Czech literary classics. The ground floor of the museum contains an exposition dedicated to the history of Loštice along with occasional extra exhibitions.

Synagogue and cemetery

Hranice

The uniqueness of the Hranice synagogue has to do with its position. Because of lack of space between neighbouring buildings, the builders did not orient it toward Jerusalem, but toward the east. It was constructed in the Moorish-Byzantine Hranicestyle and was founded during the time of the greatest expansion of the Jewish area in Hranice, on the site of an older wooden temple, in 1864. Today it houses exhibitions of modern art and is also used as a concert hall. The existence of the Jewish community in Hranice is also witnessed by the nearby Jewish cemetery, the oldest tombstone of which is from the year 1686.

Art Centre of Palacký University (Konvikt)

Olomouc

Old Jesuit Boarding School Konvikt

The university cinema, theatre as well as the attractive Corpus Christi chapel are visited by hundreds of people. Also of interest are exhibitions installed within the extensive corridors as well as the ‘Konvikt’ gallery. Concerts and performances take place on the courtyards of the building.