Zámek Kunín

About the museum

The castle at Kunín developed from a smaller fortified house, of which little is known except that it already stood at the end of the 16th century and often changed owners. In 1723 Maria Eleonora of Liechtenstein acquired the estate and brought it as a dowry to her husband Friedrich August Harrach. Between 1725 and 1734 the couple had the fortified house rebuilt as a comfortable Baroque country seat to a design by the Viennese architect Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt. The family never lived there permanently; the castle served mainly for rest.

The castle's most important period came at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries under Countess Maria Walburga of Waldburg-Zeil, daughter of Xaver Harrach. She founded a modern educational institute for young people, one of the most progressive in Central Europe, and the castle became a centre of learning in Moravia. She bequeathed the castle to her favourite pupil and adoptive grandson, Friedrich Emil Schindler.

In 1870 Ernst Egon of Fürstenberg bought the castle and used it as a summer residence; afterwards it belonged to the Brno industrialist Victor Bauer and his family (1895–1945). After the war the Bauer family's property was confiscated. Today the castle is managed by the Muzeum Novojičínska (Nový Jičín Museum). The tour leads through the guest rooms, bedrooms and classrooms of the castle school, the picture gallery, the hunting room and the ladies' room, the dining room and the music and dance hall. From the church corridor one enters the large hall with Renaissance portraits of the Hohenems family, and the tour ends in the attic with a unique Baroque chimney system.

Highlights

• Baroque castle designed by J. L. von Hildebrandt
• Empire wall painting in the classrooms of the castle school
• large hall with Renaissance portraits of the Hohenems family
• castle picture gallery and hunting room
• Baroque chimney system in the castle attic

Permanent exhibition

• Prohlídka zámeckých interiérů – The tour leads through the rooms of Countess Walburga's castle school, the picture gallery, the hunting room, the dining room and the music hall, the large hall with portraits of the Hohenems family, and ends in the attic with the Baroque chimney system.

Operated by

Muzeum Novojičínska, příspěvková organizace

Admission & discounts

Reduced admission also applies to teachers (ITIC) and holders of the Senior Pas, Family Passes, Beskydy Card and Sphere Card. Free entry is granted, in addition to children under 6, to the accompanying teacher, the escort of a ZTP/P holder, holders of AMG, ZMS, ICOM and Rada galerií cards, and employees of the Moravian-Silesian Regional Office (except for events with their own regime). Payment by card is possible. Photography in the rooms during a guided tour is free of charge.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Families can buy a family ticket (up to 2 adults and up to 4 children under 15).

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

Card payment is possible.

Events & venue rental

• Weddings / ceremonies

The castle offers wedding photography in the interiors.

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