Městské muzeum Nové Město nad Metují
Municipal museum in a 16th-century house by the town-wall bastion, showing a Baroque pharmacy, Prim watches, a nativity scene and the nature of the Nové Město region.
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About the museum
The Městské muzeum in Nové Město nad Metují is one of the relatively young museum institutions. For a long time the town had no museum, and only in the mid-1990s was the historic building on Na Zadomí Street adapted for museum purposes. The main building is part of a 16th-century house that is attached to an artillery bastion of the town fortifications. In the past it served, among other things, as a burgher house and the town archive, and it was reconstructed for the museum in 1994 to 1995.
Today the museum is a contributory organisation of the town and manages several buildings in the historic core: alongside the main building also the Městská galerie Zázvorka (Zázvorka Town Gallery) and facilities in the Spolkový dům (Association House). The exhibitions focus on the history of the town and region, on crafts and on the nature of the Nové Město region.
Among the most visited exhibitions is the Baroque pharmacy from the monastery of the Brothers of Mercy, which operated from 1750 until roughly the 1950s and has been part of the museum since 2006. Another exhibition presents Prim watches made in Nové Město nad Metují and is, according to the museum, the only permanent exhibition of Prim watches and clocks in the Czech Republic. The burgher nativity scene, carved since 2001 by the woodcarver Jarmila Haldová, shows life on the Nové Město square and keeps growing, because people can have their own figure carved. The smaller Sál přírody (Hall of Nature) shows the living and non-living nature of the Nové Město region and commemorates the geologist and polar explorer Josef Sekyra, a native of the town.
Highlights
- Baroque pharmacy from the monastery of the Brothers of Mercy with original fittings
- Exhibition of Prim watches with more than 120 exhibits
- Burgher nativity scene with figures of the town's inhabitants
- Hall of Nature with dioramas of local habitats
- Main building from the 16th century next to the artillery bastion of the town fortifications
Permanent exhibitions
- Barokní lékárna – The original restored fittings of the pharmacy of the monastery of the Brothers of Mercy, which operated from 1750 until roughly the 1950s.
- Expozice hodinek Prim – More than 120 exhibits on the history of watchmaking in Nové Město nad Metují, from the Spartak watch prototype to the Prim Sport model.
- Měšťanský betlém – A carved nativity scene showing life on the Nové Město square, which has been continuously expanded with new figures since 2001.
- Operated by
- Město Nové Město nad Metují (příspěvková organizace)
- Director
- Eva Kupková (ředitelka)
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 50 Kč |
|---|---|
| Reduced | 30 Kč |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 5 · Children under 6 accompanied by parents enter free. |
| Groups (15+ people) | –One guide per group of at least 15 people (for example a teacher accompanying pupils) enters free. |
| Families | 130 KčFamily ticket for 2 adults and 2 children. |
| Museum and Městská galerie Zázvorka – full admission | 90 KčReduced admission CZK 50; family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) CZK 220. |
Free admission: International Senior Citizens' Day (1 October): seniors enter the museum and the gallery free of charge.
Holders of AMG, KČT NMNM, NPÚ and ICOMOS cards, members of the Association of Museums in Slovakia (Zväz múzeí na Slovensku), and town delegations also enter free.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
|---|---|
| Family ticket | 130 Kč · Family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children. |
The family ticket is for 2 adults and 2 children; children under 6 accompanied by parents enter free.
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