South Moravian Museum in Znojmo, Regional history museum in Znojmo, Czech Republic

The South Moravian Museum in Znojmo is based in the former Minorite monastery and in Znojmo Castle, where it has been housed since 1910. Ten permanent exhibitions are spread across three buildings: the monastery, the House of Art on Masaryk Square and the castle. The castle's lapidarium in the former stables keeps fragments from demolished buildings, including a spiral staircase from Velká Michalská street.

The proposal to found a local history museum was made on 12 January 1878 at a general meeting of the German city association in Znojmo, and the first exhibition followed in September 1879. In 1910 the museum moved permanently into Znojmo Castle after the Fisée frescoes were restored, and after World War II it also gained the former Minorite monastery.

The museum displays regional artworks and craft traditions within the old monastery rooms where visitors can observe how people in this area lived and created over the centuries.

The building sits in the city center and is easy to locate, with guided tours available at regular times. You can walk through the exhibitions and explore the historic building itself without needing any special background knowledge.

The museum's lapidarium in the former castle stables holds fragments from demolished buildings, including a spiral staircase from a house on Velká Michalská street and stone decoration from the Premonstratensian Louka monastery. In the castle moat, a station for handicapped birds of prey and owls is open to the public.