Vojenské technické muzeum Lešany

Over het museum

The extensive site between Krhanice and Lešany served the German army and SS units during the Second World War. After the war it operated first as a prisoner-of-war camp and then as an internment camp, and in 1948–1950 as a forced-labour camp. From November 1950 it belonged to the Czechoslovak and later the Czech army, which stationed artillery and other units there.

The barracks buildings were acquired in February 1995 by the Historický ústav Armády České republiky, today the Vojenský historický ústav Praha (Military History Institute Prague). The former garages and halls were first converted into storage depots, and as early as 1996 the first exhibition was created in the form of an installed depot. From 1999 large dioramas were built in the individual halls; the first hall was opened to the public on 27 May 2000.

Today the museum presents hundreds of historical tanks, guns, motorcycles, armoured, utility and passenger vehicles, rocket technology, signals and engineering equipment and logistics material from 1890 to the present. The collections are displayed in ten halls, under canopies and in the open air. The exhibition in the halls follows the history of the Czechoslovak army chronologically, from 1918 to the early 1960s, and is supplemented by Cold War equipment from the arsenals of both blocs. The largest annual event is the Tank Day at the end of the summer holidays, when historical equipment is demonstrated in motion.

Hoogtepunten

• Hundreds of military vehicles, guns and other machines from 1890 to the present
• Collection of Czechoslovak military vehicles from 1918–1939, including three-axle vehicles by Praga, Škoda and Tatra
• Dioramas of the First Republic, the Protectorate and the fighting of the Second World War, and the Lešany bunker
• Rocket technology and Cold War tanks from the arsenals of the Warsaw Pact and NATO
• Collection of Škoda cannons and an exhibition of anti-aircraft artillery
• Tank Day and other events with equipment in motion in the museum arena

Vaste collectie

• Haly č. 1–5: československá armáda 1918–1962 – Dioramas with vehicles, tanks and guns take you through the periods of the First Republic, the Protectorate, the Second World War and the first post-war era up to the early 1960s.
• Hala č. 6: Ostravská operace – Interactive exhibition on the tank battle in spring 1945; visitors walk along a trench up to a fortress structure.
• Hala č. 7: protiletadlové dělostřelectvo – Anti-aircraft guns from the Second World War and fire-control instruments.

Opgericht

1996

Beheerder

Vojenský historický ústav Praha (Ministerstvo obrany ČR)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission to the museum is free. The guide for pre-booked groups is also free of charge.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Only guide dogs and assistance dogs may enter the indoor exhibitions; in the outdoor areas, animals may stay on a lead.

Kinderen & gezin

• Kinderwagenvriendelijk

Children under 15 may enter the exhibitions only accompanied by an adult; pushchairs are allowed. The programme includes events with historical equipment in motion, such as the Tank Day at the end of the summer holidays.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car from Prague via Jílové and Kamenný Přívoz to Lešany; traffic on the bridge at Kamenný Přívoz has priority in the direction from Jílové. Because of extensive construction works in the area, the museum recommends checking current diversion routes. GPS: 49,854964 N, 14,544439 E.

Service & horeca

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