Arnoldova vila

Over het museum

The Arnold Villa was built in 1862 to a design by the builder Josef Arnold as a suburban summer residence on the slope above Lužánky. The layout, with the bay-window salon, dining room and the tower above the staircase, has survived almost unchanged. After twenty years the villa was sold and changed hands several times. The last private owner was Cecilie Hože, who in 1909 had the villa rebuilt in a late Art Nouveau geometric style with elements anticipating Art Deco.

Cecilie Hože was the sister of Alfred Löw-Beer, whose daughter Greta and her husband Fritz Tugendhat had the famous functionalist villa built next door, to a design by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The gardens of all three villas were connected. During the war the family was persecuted: the Gestapo seized the villa, and Cecilie Hože died in Terezín in 1942.

After the war the villa was under state administration and between 1951 and 2012 served as a kindergarten; because of structural defects it faced demolition. The administration was taken over by the Brno City Museum, which began a comprehensive reconstruction in December 2021 with support from the EEA and Norway Grants. The villa and the extensive garden were completed in spring 2024.

Today the villa offers a permanent exhibition on the architecture and the story of its last Jewish owners, guided tours, the Cecilie Café and a Dialogue Centre focused on Czech-German-Jewish dialogue.

Hoogtepunten

• One of the oldest villas in the neighbourhood of the Tugendhat and Löw-Beer villas
• Permanent exhibition on the architecture and the story of the Jewish owners
• Original features from the 1909 rebuilding
• Cecilie and Cornel Hože Garden, connected with the neighbouring villas
• Zahradní trilogie brněnských vil (Garden Trilogy of Brno Villas)
• Cecilie Café and Dialogue Centre

Vaste collectie

• Odkaz minulosti v plynutí času – Permanent exhibition in the restored villa on the architecture and the story of the last Jewish owners of the house.

Beheerder

Muzeum města Brna, příspěvková organizace

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The stated price applies to the individual tour route with Exhibition I. Free admission for children under 6, holders of AMG, ICOM, ICOMOS, WFTGA and SP-MuMB cards, and holders of BRNOPAS. Tickets can be bought online via BrnoID or on site at the villa.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Step-free access is through the entrance from Schodová 16a; the villa can also be entered from Černopolní 47a. A companion of a ZTP/P holder enters free.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speeltuin / speelhoek

The villa has a children’s playroom with a single admission fee of CZK 70 (companions over 18 free); an educational programme and family tickets are also available.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The villa is entered from Drobného 26 and Černopolní 47a; step-free access is from Schodová 16a. The villa is next to the Tugendhat and Löw-Beer villas.

Service & horeca

• Café

The building houses the Cecilie Café.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies

The villa is also used for conferences, exhibitions, garden concerts and wedding ceremonies.

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