Sklep pod Novou radnicí, Cellar museum under the New Town Hall in Brno-město, Czech Republic
Sklep pod Novou radnicí is a cellar complex beneath Dominikánské náměstí, entered from Panenská street and lying mostly under the New Town Hall. Its brick-vaulted rooms, reached by a 1999 access passage, hold an exhibition on the mint master's house, whose vault sits just 60 cm below the square's paving.
The space lies beneath the New Town Hall, built in the late 1800s. These underground rooms are part of Brno's older layers and show how the city developed over generations.
The exhibition rooms carry names tied to the site: a hall about Dominikánské náměstí recalls its past as a fish market selling carp, pike, catfish, herring and oysters, and a cinema hall shows Brno legends. The entrance hall, once a store of the city's archival documents, now holds coins and a facsimile of Wenceslas I's 1243 privilege.
The space is open year-round for visitors and sits in the heart of the old town. It is easy to reach on foot and offers a place to pause between other sights.
The cellar's vault lies just 60 cm below the paving of Dominikánské náměstí, and the entrance hall once stored the city of Brno's archival documents. A 13th-century well in the access passage was filled in during the 15th century.
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