Městské muzeum ve Stříbře

About the museum

The museum is housed in the former Minorite monastery, which stands next to the church of St Mary Magdalene. The monastery was founded in 1253, in the same year Stříbro became a royal town, and was linked with the lords of Švamberk. Joseph II dissolved it in 1785, and three years later the town bought the buildings. Fires in 1792 damaged the monastery church, and parts of it were demolished in 1871–1872.

The museum moved into these premises in 1988. From 2000 the building was gradually reconstructed, and the present arrangement of the exhibitions has been in place since 2011.

The collections include archaeology, the history of the town up to the 19th century, mineralogy, mining, ethnography, art and natural history specimens. A smaller exhibition, created by the museum in cooperation with the Stříbro Automotoclub, commemorates local motocross. The museum also manages the observation tower of the deanery church of All Saints; the mining open-air museum and the hereditary adit Prokop are opened by the mining association on prior booking.

Highlights

• History of the town of Stříbro from its founding, including the town seals
• Exhibition on mining in the Stříbro region and the minerals of the Stříbro ore veins
• Crafts: locks, keys, ironwork, glass, porcelain and tinware
• Multimedia exhibition on motocross and the Terén sv. Petra racetrack
• Observation tower of the deanery church, with 144 steps and a panoramic view

Permanent exhibitions

• Historie města Stříbra od založení – The exhibition on the ground floor of the eastern wing presents the founding and development of the town through written and material evidence, including the town seals.
• Historie hornictví na Stříbrsku – Tools, equipment, maps and other objects recall mining in the Stříbro area.
• Historie motokrosu ve Stříbře – The multimedia exhibition from 2015 presents three motocross legends associated with the town, the Terén sv. Petra racetrack and the history of the Stříbro automotoclub; trophies, period motorcycles and photographs are on display.

Founded

1988

Director

Ing. Miroslav Šimek

Admission & discounts

The prices apply to the museum's main exhibitions; the gallery and motocross exhibition, the observation tower and the guided town tour are charged separately. The museum does not state prices for the mining open-air museum and the Prokop adit.

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