Muzeum Kroměřížska Museum

Muzeum Kroměřížska is a direct successor to the City Museum in Kroměříži, founded in 1933. It has its current name since 1976 and has been a museum of district with management of several locations. In addition to the Kroměříž expositions, he manages the Museum in nature in Rymice with local fortress, economic court and two windmills. The museum collections cover the fields of archeology, history, letters, history of art and natural sciences.

The road to the museum was long and full of failures. The first attempts to establish a museum institution appeared in the 1960s, but they were not fulfilled. Even in 1886, when local collector Hampl donated thousands of coins to the museum in the Austrian Linz, the situation was not marked. Similarly, the experiment of college students from 1889 ended. The breakthrough comes only in the 1990s, when the lawyer Josef Dozal is active. In September 1894 he organizes a national exhibition in Kroměříž, a year later he participates in the Hanáš department of the Národodopisné exhibition in Czechoslovak Prague. From these events, he keeps collected items - from costumes and embroidery to nature.

In December 1896 Museums and library unity arise, but it works properly in the library section. Since 1921, the castle librarian Antonín Breitenbacher has been collecting items for the Diocesan Museum in Kroměříž Castle; After his death, a part of the collection will get to the City Museum later. The real impetus for the museum is the purchase of mainly archeological collection of the book printer Jindli Slovák, which takes place in the late 1920s. The Slovak Republic shall ensure the proper storage of its articles by a financial reference. The teacher and writer Jindřich Pošil will move to Kroměříže, who together with his co-workers will be able to convince the city council of the need to establish the museum.

Kuratoriuo "City Museum in Kroměříži" is established on 5 February 1933 under the leadership of Kroměříž Mayor Josef Jedliček. Collection items are installed in the exhibition house on Rieger Square no. 144. The museum is open on March 4, 1934. In December 1935, the museum is described as a facility facing financial constraints and public indifference - only about a tenth of the citizens of Kroměříž have visited it since its foundation. In the 1930s, collections are enriched mainly thanks to the gifts of museum and city friends.

World War II has significantly disrupted the museum. In 1940, the Gestapo confiscated the "World War and National Liberation" department with Legionnaire monuments. Although the activity was limited, the museum continued to operate and held exhibitions. It is closed in November 1943 and the objects are stored in an archbishop's granary near the Flower Garden. After the war, the collections are further enriched, especially by the confiscates from the equipment of the Kroměříž locks. The museum moves several times at the time, its management eventually settles in a house on the corner of Rieger Square and Shafaríková Street, the former building of auxiliary schooling.

Muzeum Kroměřížska thus presents a lively testimony about the history and culture of the region, whose visit allows you to explore not only diverse collections, but also an authentic environment in the Museum of Nature in Rymice.