Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Brně Museum building

Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Brně is an important exhibition and collection institution based in Hus Class 14. He specializes in design and fashion history. This non-Renaissance building from 1883 belongs to the Moravian Gallery in Brno and ranks among the ten oldest art industrial museums in the world.

The institution was founded on 10 November 1873 as a foundation under the name of the Moravian Industrial Museum. The Moravian industrialists of the association in the Moravian Industrial Association and the Brno Chamber of Commerce and Trade were at the birth. The first curator and chairman of the Board of Directors became c. K. Moravian Governor Ludvík Possinger, the free master of Choborský. The aim was to educate entrepreneurs and craftsmen and to provide them with the latest trends in industrial and craft production. Initially, the museum was based on the ground floor of the Moravian Industrial Association building on today's Moravian Square.

A separate building on the Brno circuit class was built according to the plans of architect Johann G. Schön and inaugurated in 1883. After five years of operation the construction has undergone a major reconstruction according to the design of August Prokop. Thanks to it, its volume has doubled and the institution has acquired extensive exhibition facilities. Architecturally, the building is one of historicism, namely the non-orenesance style, which was typical for representative buildings on the circular class.

The ownership structure was changing over time. Since the foundation of the museum was managed by the Moravian Industrial Association, since 1949 it has gone to state administration and since 1961 it has been part of the Moravian Gallery in Brno. During the period of the monarchy it performed the role of a methodological centre for similar institutions in Austria and in 1913 it gained the prestigious position of the Central Federal Museum of the Austrian Monarchy. After the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, the organization had to reorient itself from close links to the Vienna environment to the Czech cultural framework. This process was accompanied by financial difficulties and personnel changes, including the departure of the longtime director Julius Leisching in 1922.

One of the interesting things is that the museum library became the largest professional art library in the country shortly after its creation. In addition, important associations, such as the German Union for the Protection of Monuments, were created on the grounds of the museum. In 1924, the Czech School of Artistic Crafts was founded at the museum, whose studios were initially based in the building.

Today the institution serves as a professional workplace dedicated to contemporary and historical design and fashion. The visit offers a unique insight into the history of used art and the development of industrial creation in Moravia. For people interested in architecture and art history, the museum is a major stop that documents the ambition and cultural level of Brno society in the late 19th century.