Polabské národopisné muzeum
 Bohemian house |
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| place | Přerov nad Labem |
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open air museum
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| opening | 1900, 1967 |
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The Polabské národopisné muzeum (lit. Elbe Valley Folklore Museum , also called Museum of Folk Architecture or Open-Air Museum ) is a Czech open-air museum in Přerov nad Labem (Eng. Prerow on the Elbe ). It goes back to a memorial courtyard that has been preserved in situ and is therefore the oldest Eastern and Central European open-air museum for folk architecture . After other uses during the time of the German occupation and during the Second World War, it was reopened in 1967 and has since been expanded as an open-air museum. It is part of the Polabské muzeum (Elbe Valley Museum) in Poděbrady .
The memorial courtyard
Inspired by the Czech country house in the anniversary exhibition in Prague in 1891 , Ludwig Salvator of Austria-Tuscany acquired the property near his castle in 1895 . He furnished the house with old furniture, utensils and a collection in showcases and made it accessible to the public as the "Staročeská House" ( Old Bohemian House ). The house was opened in 1900 and was run as a museum until the time of the German occupation in World War II. After that it was used as a residential building. After the Second World War, the house stood empty and was only used sporadically for educational events.
Expansion as an open-air museum
The Poděbradské Museum took over the empty house in 1967 and reorganized it as a museum with objects from its rich holdings. A historic garden was laid out in front of the house and the house was supplemented with a pigeon house and one of the last remaining fruit dryers. Today it is number 16 on the plan of the open-air museum. Thereafter, several historic houses, barns and other outbuildings were transferred to the museum by around 1985 . In 2000 and 2008 a half-timbered granary was added, so that the museum plan now includes 33 buildings.
See also
Web links
- Museum website (Czech)
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 38 ″ N , 14 ° 49 ′ 28 ″ E