Brno Diocesan Museum
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| place | Petrov 275/1, Brno |
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| Number of visitors (annually) | 18,787 (2015) |
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The Brno Diocesan Museum is an ecclesiastical art museum sponsored by the Brno Diocese and is located in the immediate vicinity of the Brno Bishopric.
tasks
The main objective of the museum is to collect, professionally preserve and store as well as the scientific processing of sacred art , which should also be made accessible to the public. In addition to the exhibits shown in the permanent exhibition, special exhibitions are being developed, some of which are also shown in the cathedral crypt.
history
The museum was founded on June 1, 1993, soon after the democratic upheaval in the Czech Republic . The museum was initially housed in St. Thomas Abbey .
After moving to the current museum building, the permanent exhibition Vita Christi was set up, which shows valuable exhibits from the Middle Ages ( Gothic art from the 13th century), the Renaissance and the Baroque period . Special exhibitions were devoted to the Olomouc bishop Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein, who died in Brno in 1636 .
Stocks
The museum collects and preserves artistically valuable objects from churches, monasteries and cemeteries of the Roman Catholic diocese of Brno, which can no longer remain in their original location. The outstanding works of art in the collection include the Madonna of Klentnice (1290), two reliefs from the Gothic altar of Mostiště (1510) and the 17th century paintings Flagellation of Christ and Healing of the Blind . Since March 2016, the museum has had an artistic highlight when the painting of the Madonna by Veveří was handed over by the National Gallery in Prague after a long legal dispute (on loan from the Eichhorn Bittischka parish ).
The museum building
As an exhibition building, the former home of the dean of the cathedral chapter was adapted to the requirements of a modern museum and equipped with the necessary technical equipment (air conditioning and burglar protection). The building was erected in 1618 in the Mannerist style on medieval foundations. It was inhabited by Cardinal and Imperial Prince Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein, while his representative city palace (the Dietrichstein Palace today houses part of the Moravian State Museum ) was under construction. The facade was later redesigned in a classical style. The museum is located on the northern edge of the terrace on Petrov Hill, right next to the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace.
Web links
- Official site (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Brno: Diocesan Museum pays tribute to Cardinal Dietrichstein. prag-aktuell.cz, April 1, 2014, accessed on March 10, 2017 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 29 ″ N , 16 ° 36 ′ 27 ″ E