Muzeum Vysočiny Havlíčkův Brod, Regional museum in Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic.
Muzeum Vysočiny Havlíčkův Brod occupies several historic buildings in the city center and displays large collections of archaeological artifacts, glass, ceramics, and traditional textiles. The exhibitions are spread across different floors and rooms, creating a varied journey through regional heritage.
A museum society was founded on 8 June 1874 by elementary-school teachers, and the district museum itself was established by the local council in 1898. After 1920 it moved into Havlíček House, which reopened in 1935 after reconstruction. In 2025 it merged with the art gallery into the Gallery and Museum of Vysočina Havlíčkův Brod.
The museum is named after Karel Havlíček Borovský, the journalist and satirist born in the town when it was still called Německý Brod. Its collections began with memorabilia of his life, and a permanent exhibition on him opened in Havlíčkův dům in 1971. The first museum newsletter appeared in 1905 as Městské museum v Německém Brodě.
The museum can be accessed through entrances at different historic buildings in the city center, each leading to various exhibition areas. It is helpful to allow enough time for a thorough visit and to explore the different sections at a leisurely pace.
The museum lost Štáfl's Bastion, along with the Hanus House, during the 1990s restitutions, so the bastion is no longer one of its exhibition sites. Its depository has been housed in the archive building since 1997. The museum's other branch is the Monastery Church of the Holy Family.
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