Museum of Kroměříž, Regional museum in Kroměříž, Czech Republic.
The Museum of Kroměříž is the direct successor of the Municipal Museum founded in 1933 and has borne its present name since 1976. It cares for collections in archaeology, history, ethnography, art history and natural sciences, and also administers the open-air museum in Rymice with its fortress, farmstead and windmill, as well as a windmill near Velké Těšany.
The museum was established in February 1933 and developed into a regional center for documenting Moravian culture. Over the decades, its collections have recorded the area's history and identity.
The museum's ethnographic collections grew from items gathered for the 1894 Kroměříž ethnographic exhibition and the Haná section at the 1895 Prague exhibition, assembled by lawyer Josef Dorazil. These include costumes and embroidery from the Haná region. The museum also holds archaeological finds from Jindřich Slovák's collection, purchased by the city in the late 1920s.
The museum's exhibitions are housed in the Kroměříž Castle, where collections were moved in 1951 and an archaeology display opened in the second floor. The castle passed to state ownership in August 1950, so the museum shares the site with the castle interiors. Visitors should allow time to move between the castle rooms and the separate branch museums.
An exhibition called "History Hidden Under the Pavement" displays archaeological discoveries in an underground space, revealing the city's hidden development beneath its streets. This unusual presentation lets visitors literally uncover the layers of urban history below the surface.
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