Budišov Castle, Baroque château in Budišov, Czech Republic

Budišov Castle is an irregular four-sided building with an inner courtyard left from 16th-century Renaissance work. Its baroque form dates from rebuilds between 1776 and 1781 by Josef Zeissel for Baron Jungwirth. The first floor holds a sala terrena with valued paintings, and the second floor has the Antique and Fisherman rooms.

A water fortress stood here from the 13th century until Václav Berka z Dubé built a castle in the 1570s. Marie Anna Františka Paarová bought the estate in 1715 and had it rebuilt as a baroque residence around 1720. Baron Jungwirth then gave it its late-baroque form in 1776–1781 under Josef Zeissel.

The castle now houses the Moravian Museum's natural science collections, serving as a hub for education and research. Visitors can explore how the building bridges its aristocratic past with contemporary exhibition spaces.

The castle is seasonally open and offers guided tours for visitors. It is advisable to check opening times in advance and be prepared for stairs and varying floor levels inside the building.

The depository of the Moravian Museum's natural science departments has occupied the castle since 1972, when the museum took over the neglected building and repaired it between 1972 and 1976. In 1991 part of the premises was adapted into a zoological exhibition. The museum's collections remain here, while the chapel of St Anne was restored between 2010 and 2020.