Skanzen Stará Ves
Open-air museum by the Chomutov zoo park, with a windmill, a log cottage, a chapel and a farmstead showing life in the Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains); admission is free.
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About the museum
The Skanzen Stará Ves is run by Zoopark Chomutov and offers a view of the lives of past generations in the Krušnohoří: how people lived, which crafts sustained them and what they grew in their gardens. The creators of the site tried to revive forgotten customs, to build structures that once stood and were later demolished, and to bring back to the landscape plant species that had almost disappeared.
The site is dominated by a replica of a Dutch-type windmill with a small vineyard, whose original stands on the German side of the border in Reichstadt. Also to be seen is a hundred-year-old log building with a thatched roof, moved from Soběnice near Úštěk, a Holy Trinity column, a small chapel and original stone crosses. The chapel with an altar from a demolished church is modelled on the chapel in Krupice near Okounov, which was demolished in the 1960s of the 20th century, and a surviving step from the original chapel serves as its foundation stone.
Life is liveliest on the farmstead, where visitors can enjoy the atmosphere of rural life. The apple orchard was created from grafts of old varieties collected in abandoned villages, and the site is one of the few places where the strictly protected bříza ojcovská (birch) grows.
Highlights
- Replica of a Dutch-type windmill with a vineyard
- Hundred-year-old log cottage with a thatched roof from Soběnice near Úštěk
- Farmstead with a parlour (světnice) and agricultural tools
- Chapel with an altar from a demolished church
- Apple orchard with old varieties
Permanent exhibition
- Skanzen Stará Ves – Rural farmstead with a windmill, log cottage, chapel and orchard, presenting the life and crafts of people in the Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains).
- Operated by
- Zoopark Chomutov, příspěvková organizace
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
According to the operator, a visit to the open-air museum is free.
Accessibility
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
The open-air museum is suitable for children; on the farmstead you can get to know rural life and animals.
Getting there & parking
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Amenities & dining
Accommodation is available within the site in the hundred-year-old log cottage or on the farmstead (experience accommodation).
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | The hundred-year-old cottage and the farmstead can be rented for accommodation; rental for private events is not listed. |
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