Africké muzeum Dr. Emila Holuba

Over het museum

The museum in Holice grew out of the idea of building a memorial to the traveller Dr. Emil Holub, who died in 1902. The first museum room opened in 1925 in the Holice town hall, but it was destroyed by fire during the May Uprising of 1945. After the war, documents and objects were collected for the centenary of Holub’s birth, and in 1950 the ministry decided to concentrate Holub’s memorabilia and collections in Holice. The museum opened on 1 May 1956 in part of the parish building. After the death of Růžena Holubová in 1958, her legacy, including Holub’s study, passed to the town.

A separate building was constructed in 1962–1966 through voluntary work, to a design by the Bratislava architect Štefan Imrich, and the Památník Dr. Emila Holuba (Dr. Emil Holub Memorial) opened on 30 April 1966. The collections consist of tens of thousands of objects that Holub brought from Africa, and the personal belongings of the Holub couple. In the early 1890s Holub organised a large ethnographic exhibition in Vienna and Prague; its transport required three trains.

In 2010 the town obtained European funds for a reconstruction, and the memorial was closed for about a year. The new exhibition, with many interactive elements, was designed by the architect David Vávra. The renewed exhibition opened on 2 May 2012, and at the same time the institution was renamed Africké muzeum Dr. Emila Holuba.

Hoogtepunten

• personal belongings of Emil and Růžena Holub
• objects from Holub’s African expeditions
• six mysterious cabinets with African objects to identify by touch
• touch screens with quizzes about Africa and Holub
• the Trabant that drove across Africa
• children’s corner and an outdoor African village

Vaste collectie

• Stálá expozice Africké muzeum Dr. Emila Holuba – The exhibition presents the life, expeditions and work of Dr. Emil Holub and his wife Růžena, and shows objects from Africa, the personal belongings of the Holub couple and their followers in Africa.

Opgericht

1966

Beheerder

Kulturní dům města Holic

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Holders of Family Passes receive a 10% discount; people with the surnames Holub and Holubová receive 50%. Members of AMG enter free. Tickets are bought at the cash desk at the museum entrance.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The exhibition is in a single-storey building and is fully accessible. An accessible toilet is about 100 metres from the museum, in the outdoor refreshment building. In the exhibition, visitors can identify African objects by touch in the mysterious cabinets.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Speeltuin / speelhoek

Children are drawn to three touch screens with quizzes, six mysterious cabinets with African objects (a worksheet is sold at the cash desk), a children’s corner and an outdoor African village with rocking animals. Children under 3 enter free.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

The outdoor refreshment stand is about 100 metres from the museum.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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