Hornické muzeum Příbram
nám. Hynka Kličky 293,
261 01 Příbram VI – Březové Hory
Tschechische Republik
MINING MUSEUM
BŘEZOVÉ HORY
The historic operational and administrative buildings and the mysterious underground of the local mines bring closer the past associated with the mining of silver, uranium and other ores.
VOJNA MEMORIAL
LEŠETICE
Museum of the Victims of Communism and the History of Uranium Mining. Authenticly preserved and impressive prison complex, unique in Central Europe.
SKANZEN
VYSOKÝ CHLUMEC
Museum of village buildings and life of the inhabitants of the middle course of the Vltava River. The Skanzen preserves very valuable monuments of the then rural architecture.
GOLD MUSEUM
NOVÝ KNÍN
Museum of gold mining and processing in the region and the history of the royal gold mining town Nový Knín and its neighboring villages.
MUSEUM GRANARY
PROSTŘEDNÍ LHOTA
Museum of the life of the rural population of the middle course of the Vltava River. Exhibition in a baroque granary, founded by the Order of the Knights of the Crusaders.
HISTORY OF THE VLTAVA RIVER
CHOTILSKO
The original riverbed, which the Vltava River has been forming since ancient times, has disappeared below the surface of the cascade of dams and with it many beautiful places.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM
The Mining Museum in Příbram, a contributory organization of the Central Bohemian Region, is one of the oldest museums in the Czech Republic. Through its professional activities, it follows on from the work of the former Landscape Museum in Příbram, which was founded thanks to the personal initiative of a local history researcher and head teacher Ladislav Malý on 12 December 1886. dynamic development of the region, with a tradition dating back to prehistoric times.
In the 19th century, the local mountain activity reached European, in many ways also world importance. Archaeological finds from the time of the Celts, medieval and modern mining tools and implements, collections of minerals, mining uniforms, banners, models of shafts vol. štufnverky, old mining maps, official documents and also documents of artistic folk creativity of miners. Simultaneously with the Landscape Museum, there has also been a so-called Mining Museum in Příbram since the 19th century, established by C.k. Karloboromejský’s main upper plant for silver and lead, later by the State Mines for Silver and Lead in Příbram. Part of the exhibits of this museum has been in inventory and occasionally accessible to the public since 1852. It was mainly an extensive collection of samples of ores and accompanying rocks from the Příbram ore area and some other unique materials related to the development of local mining business.
