Národopisné muzeum Plzeňska, Ethnographic museum in Plzeň, Czech Republic

Národopisné muzeum Plzeňska occupies the Gerlachovský and Chotěšovský houses at No. 13 on the eastern side of Republic Square in Plzeň. Its permanent exhibitions, titled From Village to Town and Livelihood, Clothing, Customs, present bourgeois interiors from the 15th to the 20th century, rural interiors with folk costumes and customs, and a 19th-century pharmacy with original fittings from the House at the White Unicorn across the square.

The Gerlachovský House was saved from demolition between 1910 and 1912 through the efforts of the Plzeň Circle of Friends of Antiquities, and the Society for Folklore and Monument Protection was founded in 1911 to establish a museum there. Building work began in 1914, the museum opened provisionally on 28 September 1915 and definitively on 4 April 1919, with Ladislav Lábek as director for 44 years. In 1948 it was merged into the West Bohemian Museum in Plzeň.

The museum's displays are organised as period interiors: a bourgeois household, a rural home with folk costumes and customs, and a 19th-century pharmacy fitted with the original equipment from the U Bílého jednorožce house across the square. Annual programmes include the spring ritual of carrying out Smrtka, an Easter fair, Museum Night and Advent workshops.

Visitors can explore the museum on their own or with a guide to better understand the objects and how people used them in their homes and work. The museum also arranges special programs and demonstrations to show visitors how traditional crafts were done.

The museum creates room interiors that show how families from different social levels actually lived, from simple farmhouses to city apartments, letting visitors see the actual spaces where objects were used. These reconstructed rooms make it easier to understand the connection between the things people owned and the way they organized their daily lives.