Melicharovo vlastivědné muzeum

Over het museum

The beginnings of the Unhošť museum are linked to the teacher František Melichar. For the Czech-Slavonic Ethnographic Exhibition in Prague (1895) he gathered old objects and monuments in the surrounding villages; after the exhibition ended, he stored some of them in the school, thus laying the foundation of the collections. In 1912 the town set aside one room in the town hall (house no. 1) for displaying them, and the Městské museum (Municipal Museum) came into being, whose first curator was Melichar.

The collections later changed location several times: during the Second World War they had to vacate the town hall room, after the war they were installed in the school, and in 1951 a new exhibition opened in the former savings bank building. In 1979 the collections risked being transferred to the District Museum in Kladno, but the town released the old town hall building, house no. 1. After building work the museum was solemnly opened in May 1986 as a branch of the Kladno museum, and since December 1991 it has been independent under the town's administration.

Today the museum is housed in the old town hall. On the first floor there is a small local history exhibition; on the ground floor a gallery of short-term exhibitions and the town's information centre. The collection holds over 5,000 objects, among them archaeological finds from Unhošť and its surroundings, guild relics, objects relating to the history of crafts, literature and theatre, paintings by regional artists and documents on the history of the town.

Hoogtepunten

• Permanent exhibition on the history of Unhošť and its surroundings, with interactive elements
• Grain mill, wax tablets and replicas of flint tools to try out
• Short-term exhibitions on the ground floor, lectures and talks
• The town's information centre in the museum building
• Free admission to the museum

Vaste collectie

• Stálá expozice o dějinách Unhoště a okolí – A small local history exhibition on the first floor of the old town hall, with archaeological finds, guild relics and interactive elements such as a grain mill and wax tablets.

Opgericht

1912

Beheerder

Město Unhošť

Directie

Marian Krucký

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission to all areas of the museum is free. Souvenirs in the information centre can be paid for in cash only; payment cards are not accepted.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations

In the exhibition children can try grinding grain on a grain mill, writing with a goose quill and on wax tablets, or feel replicas of flint tools. Accompanying programmes and creative workshops for children are prepared for the exhibitions.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

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Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

The information centre on the ground floor sells souvenirs (tourist stamps and visiting cards, postcards), maps and publications about the region.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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