Museum Horní Slavkov, Museum in Horní Slavkov, Czech Republic
Museum Horní Slavkov occupies a Renaissance burgher house in Pluhova Street, next to the so-called Pluhův dům, in the town centre. Its eight exhibition rooms hold permanent displays on mineralogy, the history of mining, pewter-making, porcelain and the town's history, including its devastation; other rooms host temporary exhibitions.
The museum was founded in 2001 as a branch of the Sokolov Museum in a Gothic-Renaissance house at Pluhova Street 211, next to the so-called Pluh House. On 1 June 2012 it passed to the town's cultural centre. Its displays cover the town's tin and silver mining and the demolition of monuments in the 1950s.
The museum's displays cover the town's tin and porcelain trades: a dedicated section on pewter-making and another on porcelain production, alongside mineralogy and the history of mining. A separate exhibit traces the town's history, including the demolition of its historic buildings in the 1950s.
The museum sits in a Gothic-Renaissance house at Pluhova Street 211, next to the so-called Pluh House, in the town centre. Eight exhibition rooms occupy the building, with separate rooms used for temporary exhibitions. Since 1 June 2012 it has been run by the Municipal Cultural Centre of Horní Slavkov.
The building's standout feature is a black kitchen with a square chimney, a cooking room typical of wealthy burgher houses. It sits in a Renaissance townhouse on a historically important street in the town centre, next to the so-called Pluhův dům.
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