Vrbecké muzeum
Private museum in a former Jewish farmstead in Hrubá Vrbka, with a collection of folk culture, a furnished Slovácko cottage, a gallery and an exhibition on St Gorazd II.
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About the museum
The Vrbecké muzeum is a private museum in house no. 38 in Hrubá Vrbka. The house originally belonged to the Jewish Reichsfeld family; the parents and a daughter perished in Auschwitz in 1943, while the sons Vilém and Josef survived; they joined the Czechoslovak army in Great Britain. After the communist coup the sons went into exile and the house was nationalised. Until the mid-1970s the offices of an agricultural cooperative were located here; after 1989 the house was returned to the original owners in restitution, and a carpentry workshop was set up in it.
In 2014 the house was bought by Stanislav Prášek, mayor of the village from 2006 to 2014, who had collected folk-culture objects his whole life. He opened the museum on 17 July 2020 in five rooms, complemented by a courtyard and an exhibition gallery.
On display are everyday objects from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as furniture, paintings, folk costumes, a tiled stove and a loom, as well as a furnished Slovácko cottage. The village's natives and personalities are commemorated here, including the Holý brothers, singer Martin Hrbáč and the band leader (primáš) Jožka Kubík. A special section is devoted to St Gorazd II, a native of Hrubá Vrbka, who was sentenced to death for sheltering paratroopers after the assassination of Heydrich.
Highlights
- Collection of traditional folk-culture objects from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Furnished Slovácko cottage
- Exhibition on St Gorazd II, a native of Hrubá Vrbka
- Exhibition gallery and the courtyard of the former Jewish farmstead
- Memorabilia of the village's personalities and of the soldiers from Vrbka in the First World War
Permanent exhibitions
- Sbírky tradiční lidové kultury – Everyday objects, furniture, folk costumes and other folk-culture items, mainly tangible, in the buildings of the former farmstead.
- Zařízená slovácká chalupa – A cottage furnished in period style shows everyday life in Slovácko.
- Expozice svatého Gorazda II. – The exhibition commemorates a native of Hrubá Vrbka and his legacy in the Cyril and Methodius tradition.
- Founded
- 2020
- Operated by
- Soukromé muzeum
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is voluntary; every contribution goes towards running the museum.
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