South Moravian Museum in Znojmo

Plaque at the South Moravian Museum in Znojmo (former Minorite monastery)

The South Moravian Museum in Znojmo ( Czech : Jihomoravské muzeum ve Znojmě ) is a museum in the Czech town of Znojmo . The museum has several locations in the city itself as well as in the surrounding area.

history

The museum, founded in 1878, is one of the oldest museums in the region and is an important cultural, local and scientific institution in the South Moravian region .

In 1910, through the mediation of the curator Anton Vrbka, two rooms in the Znojmo Castle were made available to the museum after the so-called Fisée frescoes had been refreshed on behalf of the city. In 1922 all the ground floor rooms were adapted for museum purposes, from 1927 also those on the 1st floor.

In 1931 the museum was renamed the South Moravian Landscape Museum . Since the Second World War, the museum has been expanded and additional locations have been set up.

Contributed to the expansion of the collection, among others, Prince Johann Prince of Liechtenstein with a greater number of images, the prelate and papal prothonotary Max Mayer Ahrdorff with wooden sculptures, Roman pictures, engravings and the Ice Age Collection of Moravia and Hugo Lederer , Theodor Charlemont and Alexander Pock with own work.

Locations

Location		description
48.855694444444 16.042455555556	Znojem Castle (Znojemský hrad)	In the Znojmo Castle, among other things, archaeological finds, objects from the history of the city and the Znojmo region from the Middle Ages , but also contemporary works of art and printed works from the monastery printing press in the Louka monastery are presented.
48.855561111111 16.0435	Rotunda of Saint Catherine (Rotunda svate Kateřiny)	The rotunda of St. Catherine on the area of the Znojmo Castle was built in the middle of the 11th century. On the occasion of a renovation in 1134, a cycle of frescoes was created depicting the Přemyslid rulers , biblical motifs and the legend of Libuše .
48.934094444444 15.715152777778	Cornštejn Castle (Zřícenina hradu Cornštejn)	The Cornštejn Castle near Bítov was built from 1342 and was in decline from around 1617. It is administered by the South Moravian Museum in Znojmo.
48.854169444444 16.050716666667	House of Arts (Dům umění)	The House of Arts on the Znojmo main square ( Masarykovo náměstí ) is an exhibition space for exhibits of old Znojmo art (paintings and sculptures from the Gothic and Baroque periods ) and numismatics .
48.885647222222 16.0369	Monument to Prokop Diviš (Památník Prokopa Diviše)	The Prokop Diviš monument with a model of the "weather machine" (a kind of lightning rod ) developed by him was built in Primetitz in 1936 based on a design by the architect Bohuslav Fuchs .
48.8568 16.045127777778	Minorite monastery (Minoritský klášter)	In the former Znojmo Minorite Monastery , exhibits of blacksmithing, natural history (such as fossils , the " Oborny's Herbarium " , which was laid out between 1862 and 1915 ) and archaeological finds are shown. In the chapter house there is a collection of oriental weapons compiled by Max Mayer-Ahrdorff.