Muzeum Vysočiny Pelhřimov

About the museum

The museum in Pelhřimov was founded on the basis of a decision by the town council of 11 September 1901, which approved a proposal by Václav Petrů to establish a museum society and a museum. The core of the collections came from an ethnographic exhibition held in 1895 and from antiquities collected by the architect Rožánek. The first permanent exhibition opened in 1908 in three rooms of the former château of the Lords of Říčany on Masaryk Square, which remains the museum's main seat to this day.

After the museum society ceased to exist in 1951, the state took over the museum, and from 1954 it operated as a district local history museum. In 1991 a new permanent exhibition opened in the château, and from 1985 to 2004 the museum also used exhibition space in the so-called Šrejnar House. Since 2003 the museum has been a contributory organization of the Vysočina Region and bears its current name, Muzeum Vysočiny Pelhřimov.

In 2004 the historic town dungeon with its torture chamber, cell and the Chapel of the Holy Cross opened to the public, and in 2005 an exhibition on the sculptor and medallist Josef Šejnost and his son Zdeněk. The museum also includes a branch at Kámen Castle, which was added in 2011, and since 2017 the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows in Kámen.

Highlights

• Collection of medals, plaques, sculptures and drawings by Josef and Zdeněk Šejnost
• Pelhřimov Graduale from the late 15th century
• Late Gothic statue of the Madonna from Červená Řečice
• Fresco hall with late Baroque and Rococo painted decoration
• Town dungeon with torture chamber and the original prison chapel of the Holy Cross

Permanent exhibitions

• Stálé expozice v zámku pánů z Říčan – The exhibition consists of a collection of works by the sculptor and medallist Josef Šejnost and his son Zdeněk, and a historical exhibition on the Pelhřimov region from the Middle Ages to the modern era, housed in a fresco hall.
• Městská šatlava – The oldest part of the town prison in the former bastion is equipped with a torture chamber with original and replica instruments, a cell, a guard room and the original Chapel of the Holy Cross.
• Domeček F. B. Vaňka – A garden house from 1932–1934 in the Deanery Garden, where Dean and patron František Bernard Vaněk wrote and collected folk furniture and art. It is open only on certain days of the year.

Founded

1901

Operated by

Muzeum Vysočiny Pelhřimov, příspěvková organizace Kraje Vysočina

Director

Mgr. Ondřej Hájek

Admission & discounts

The standard admission covers the permanent exhibition together with the dungeon. Only cash payment is possible at the museum. The joint ticket allows 12 admissions to the 4 museums, their 4 branches and the 3 galleries run by the Vysočina Region.

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

The fresco hall of the château of the Lords of Říčany is available for rent for lectures, wedding ceremonies and other events; the rental costs CZK 500 per hour, and a flat fee of CZK 1,000 applies to wedding ceremonies.

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