Rybářské muzeum Vodňany

About the museum

The Fishing Museum is located in the grounds of the Secondary Fisheries School in Vodňany. The school was founded in 1920 thanks to its first director, Václav Josef Štěpán. For its first four years it was housed in the town hall, and since 1924 it has been based in a building on the northern edge of the town by the Malá Podvinice pond. Experimental ponds, on which students learn the fishing craft, have been built next to the school since 1921.

The museum exhibition introduces the history of fish farming and shows historical fishing equipment. Dozens of mounted fish and some fish skeletons can be seen. In the fishing corner there are rods, lures and containers in which fish were once transported to holding ponds (sádky).

The tour includes aquaria in the school’s cellar spaces. The largest, the Amazon aquarium, with almost 3,000 litres of water, houses large fish and stingrays from the Amazon basin. The coldwater section has five tanks with about forty species of our native fish; the warmwater section has eleven habitat aquaria with tropical fish. Students look after the aquaria in their free time; in adjacent rooms they also keep reptiles.

Highlights

• exhibition on the history of pond fish farming and angling with historical equipment
• mounted fish and fish skeletons
• Amazon aquarium with almost 3,000 litres of water, stingrays and large fish
• coldwater aquaria with about forty species of native fish
• warmwater habitat aquaria with tropical fish
• guided tours of the school, museum and aquaria every hour

Permanent exhibitions

• Rybářské muzeum – Exhibition on the history of fish farming and angling, with historical equipment, mounted fish, fish skeletons and the fishing corner.
• Školní akvária a Amazonské akvárium – Aquaria in the school’s cellar spaces: the large Amazon aquarium, five coldwater tanks with native fish and eleven warmwater habitat aquaria.

Operated by

Střední rybářská škola a Vyšší odborná škola vodního hospodářství a ekologie, Vodňany

Admission & discounts

Admission includes the guided tour of the school, the fishing museum, the aquaria and the pond.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The aquaria are located in the school’s cellar spaces; the website does not provide information on step-free access.

Kids & families

Children pay the reduced admission of CZK 60.

Getting there & parking

The school stands in Zátiší Street on the northern edge of Vodňany, by the Malá Podvinice pond.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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