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Museum of the Kroměříž Region

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The Museum of the Kroměříž Region (Muzeum Kroměřížska) is housed in a building on the Main Square (Velké náměstí) and presents the history, art and crafts of the town and the region. The building has these permanent exhibitions:

  • Max Švabinský Memorial – six halls with an overview of the work of the painter and printmaker, a famous native of Kroměříž
  • Kroměříž in the Gears of History 1848–1948 – the key moments that shaped the town during this century
  • History Hidden under the Town's Pavement – an exhibition in a historic cellar about Kroměříž from its founding to the early modern period
  • Guardians of Time – a clock collection combining art, craftsmanship and mechanics, including Linduška's time machine
  • Treasures of the Old Attic – an interactive exhibition full of fantasy and mystery

Besides the permanent exhibitions, the museum holds temporary exhibitions and school programmes. It has a specialist library, services for researchers and a hall available for rent.

The museum also runs the Rymice Open-Air Museum and the Velké Těšany Windmill.

Interesting places nearby

Babirádovský House

Velké náměstí 36, 767 01 Kroměříž

A house on the Great Square (Velké náměstí) with a Renaissance core, a vaulted ground floor and a facade with Art Nouveau elements from 1918. Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg lived here during the Kroměříž Diet of 1848.

Mirror Labyrinth

Velké náměstí 36, 767 01 Kroměříž

A mirror and crystal maze in a historic house on the Great Square (Velké náměstí). Around 160 mirrors and glass panes, distorting mirrors, a kaleidoscope and a children's maze.