Muzeum Špýchar Prostřední Lhota

About the museum

The museum is housed in a monumental four-storey Baroque granary from 1770, which belonged to the farm estate of the Order of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star. The Order acquired the Starý Knín estate, to which Prostřední Lhota also belonged, in 1669. Today the building, which is protected as a historic monument, has a rectangular plan with rounded corners and volute gables on the shorter sides.

The municipality of Chotilsko pushed for using the spacious interior for exhibitions and cultural purposes. The exhibition From the Life of the Rural Population of the Middle Vltava opened in 2004. It mainly shows agricultural machinery and tools, equipment for craft and domestic production, and the interior of a folk dwelling from the second half of the 19th and the first third of the 20th century. It follows on from the collection of farm machinery at the open-air museum in Vysoký Chlumec and the crafts exhibition at the Gold Museum in Nový Knín, which are also branches of the Příbram Mining Museum.

Other parts of the granary house an archaeological exhibition on the earliest settlement of the district, on gold mining and on research into the Celtic oppidum of Hrazany; an exhibition on the activities of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star in central Bohemia; and a display on the tradition of motorcycle road racing, with historic machines from local natives. A photo documentation of the old Vltava, including an installation of a village inn, is also worth seeing. Seasonal exhibitions complement the displays.

Highlights

• Baroque granary from 1770 belonging to the Order of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
• Exhibition From the Life of the Rural Population of the Middle Vltava
• Archaeological exhibition with finds from the Celtic oppidum of Hrazany and on gold mining
• Exhibition on motorcycle races and historic machines of local natives
• Photo documentation of the old Vltava with an installation of a village inn

Permanent exhibitions

• Ze života venkovského obyvatelstva středního Povltaví – Agricultural machinery and tools, equipment for craft and domestic production, and the furnishings of a folk dwelling document the life of the farmer in the middle Vltava region from the second half of the 19th to the first third of the 20th century.
• Archeologická expozice – Presents the earliest history of the region, linked to the mining and processing of gold, and the results of research into the Celtic oppidum of Hrazany.
• Fotodokumentace staré Vltavy a vesnická hospoda – Photographs document the old Vltava and life in the villages and isolated homesteads along the river; the display includes an installation of a village inn interior.

Founded

2004

Operated by

Hornické muzeum Příbram (příspěvková organizace Středočeského kraje)

Admission & discounts

Children’s homes and holders of a Foster Care Pass enter free, as do holders of AMG, ICOM, ZMS and Deutscher Museumsbund cards, employees of the Central Bohemian Region authority, and holders of SK vouchers. Holders of the Family Pass and the Senior Pass receive a discount. Edenred (Multi, Ticket Sport&Kultura) and UP (Cadhoc, Unišek+, Unišek+ FKSP) vouchers are accepted. Payment is by cash only.

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Getting there & parking

Prostřední Lhota lies about 5 km south-east of Nový Knín towards Cholín, near the Vltava.

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