The Czech Museum of Silver in Kutná Hora

Šárka Kellerová

Key points

• The main building – Hrádek

• The Stone House

• The Tyl's House

• Summary

The main building – „Hrádek“

- Gothic style

(13th century)

- present: exposition of mining

- collection of minerals and silver ore

- exposition about history of the town

- possibility to visit medieval silver mine

- tourists leaving the original silver mine in Kutná Hora

- only mine open to the public

- visitable path 250 m long, 36 m deep

The Stone House

- late Gothic style (end of the 15th century)

- present: exposition of burghers' life and culture in the 17th - 19th centuries

The Tyl's House- 19th century

- birthplace of Josef Kajetán Tyl

- present: exposition about J.K. Tyl

- exposition about the underground of Kutná Hora and its surveillance

Summary

• the Czech Museum of Silver is one of the most important mining museums in Czech Republic

• focused on history of the Central Bohemia region

• more than 100 000 visitors a year