TOP 5 most famous museums of the South Bohemian region
If you are from the south of Bohemia, you are certainly familiar with the local beautiful nature or some architectural monuments, be it churches and monasteries or Castles. However, what not everyone knows about are the locals Museum and it would certainly be a shame to lose them. After all, the eventful history of some cities directly entices you to visit some museum collections that document the life of people in past centuries. So where to go?
Memorial to Dr. Edvard Beneš in Sezimov Ústí
Not far from Tábor, specifically in Sezimov Ústí, is the so-called Beneš villa, a place where the last pre-war Czechoslovak president liked to spend his free time. You can watch it here several documentary films that discuss the life of Edvard Beneš. Furniture and other objects sometimes belonging to the property of the villa are also on display.
Museum of historical motorcycles in Český Krumlov
Fast bike lovers, beware! It is right here to see more than twenty vintage motorcycles, including famous brands such as Harley Davidson or the original Czechoslovak Jawa. And of course that's not all, there are more things connected to the history of motoring than the machines themselves. The museum is in the building of the Krumlov mill, about five minutes away from the Deer Garden.
The Vltavín Museum in Český Krumlov
Seemingly just plain green glass. But the reality is much more complicated. Vltava glass was first discovered for the public at the end of the eighteenth century by a doctor Mayer. The green vltavíns were found in the upper basin of the Vltava, similar pieces can only be found in a few other locations around the world. Transparent vltavine is insoluble in acids, it can also have a slightly brownish or blackish tint. Each piece is unique!
The Hussite Museum in Tábor
Late Gothic and Tábor definitely have something in common. If you are interested in the history of the Hussite movement, so it was here, in addition to Prague or Hradec Králové, that its original history was written. Explore the colorful network of underground passages from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the sightseeing route is almost half a kilometer long and was created shortly after the war. You can also learn a lot about the life of our ancestors in the halls of the town hall or in the Bechyňská gate, also used for the purposes of the Hussite museum...
Torture Museum in Český Krumlov
This museum, also sometimes called the Museum of Suffering Law (which sounds kind of nice old Czech), documents how the interrogation took place in the past centuries. Will you confess? If not, then get ready for the funnel. Life-size wax figures, a hundred different exhibits and dungeons. Four hundred square meters where you will really be afraid!
You can walk through centuries of history in just one afternoon, just start the car and drive to Český Krumlov or Tábor. If your wife or children share your interest in history, surely no one will be bored…
