Muzeum vinařství, zahradnictví a krajiny, Wine museum in Valtice, Czech Republic
The Muzeum vinařství, zahradnictví a krajiny is a museum in Valtice organized around three main topics: wine production, horticulture, and landscape preservation in the Lednice-Valtice region. The collections display machinery, tools, and objects connected to these three fields.
The foundations of the building on Valtice's square probably date to the mid-17th century, when the town's area below the chateau took shape alongside the church. The complex served the estate administration of the Liechtenstein domains. Rebuilt largely at the end of the 19th century, it housed a youth home of the State Agricultural School in the 1950s, stood closed and decaying from the late 1970s, and was restored from the ground up after the National Museum of Agriculture acquired it in the early 1990s; main reconstruction ended in 1994.
The wine exhibition displays historical wine presses and traditional tools that generations of winemakers in this region used in their work. These objects reflect the craftsmanship that shaped the local landscape.
The museum is easily reached on foot from the center of Valtice and sits near other historic sights in the town. Plan to spend about one to two hours visiting all three exhibitions in a comfortable way.
The museum's attic, previously closed to visitors, now holds a small exhibition of agricultural tools such as sprayers, hoes and ploughs. A new gallery in the courtyard of the second floor is used for short seasonal exhibitions. The 2018–2019 modernization also added a lift and step-free access to the exhibitions.
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