Městské muzeum ve Velké Bíteši

About the museum

The beginnings of museum work in Velká Bíteš go back a hundred years: the teacher Jan Tiray organized the town's documents and drew attention to objects worth protecting. On his initiative a museum society was founded, and on 16 August 1925 the municipal museum was officially opened. After the war it found a permanent home in the former small church of the Jednota bratrská (Unity of Brethren), but in 1960, when the small districts were abolished, district museum operations also ended and museum activity fell silent for a long time. It was revived in 1985, and a full-fledged small local history museum emerged only after 1989.

Today the museum is an organizational unit of the town of Velká Bíteš and is located in the rear part of the listed house no. 5 on Masaryk Square. Its mission is to build a collection documenting the history of the town; most of the objects come from donations by local residents and natives. One paid employee works there with volunteer collaborators, supported by the Muzejní spolek Velkobítešska (Velká Bíteš Museum Society). The building also houses a detached workplace for traditional folk culture of the Muzeum Vysočiny Třebíč (Vysočina Museum in Třebíč).

Highlights

• exhibition of minerals and rocks from the Velká Bíteš area, divided into six groups by origin
• geological map with marked localities
• short-term exhibitions, lectures and talks
• guided visit by arrangement to the Church of St John the Baptist, with an explanation of the fortifications

Permanent exhibition

• Mineralogické a geologické zajímavosti Velkobítešska – Minerals and rocks from most of the known localities in the surroundings are divided into six groups according to their conditions of formation, supplemented by diagrams and a geological map.

Founded

1925

Operated by

Město Velká Bíteš

Director

Mgr. Ivo Kříž

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Museum Day (18 May) and European Heritage Days (11 and 12 September, outside the Bíteš feast days)

Free admission for holders of AMG and ICOM cards, members of the Muzejní spolek Velkobítešska, and visitors in folk costume during folk festivals.

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Getting there & parking

The museum building stands directly on the square in Velká Bíteš, opposite the town hall.

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