Muzeum Žlutice, Museum in the Czech Republic

Muzeum Žlutice occupies a building on Velké náměstí that was originally a jail, now converted to display local history. Inside you find artifacts from different periods, archaeological objects, historical documents, a large scale model of a 15th-century battle on the wall, and below ground a lapidarium with stone carvings and ancient pieces found in the area.

Muzeum Žlutice was founded in 1900 as a town museum. In 1953 it took over the collection of the abolished museum in Bochov, and in 1971 an exhibition on the Hussite movement was installed, giving the institution the name Museum of the Hussite Revolutionary Movement in the Karlovy Vary Region. It became a branch of the Karlovy Vary Museum in 1973 and has been administered by the town since 2019.

The museum's name comes from the town of Žlutice, and its collections reflect local life: archaeological finds from Nevděk Castle, a model of Žižka's battle at Vladař, the Kokořovci family epitaph and a facsimile of the Žlutice Hymn Book. Since 1997 the Muzejní spolek Žluticka association has worked alongside the museum.

The museum is in the centre of Žlutice, and its displays are being rearranged and modernised, so parts of the collection may not be on view. The building also holds a historical jail and the town's underground passages with a museum lapidarium. Ask locally about access to the underground before setting out.

The museum's collection includes a model of Žižka's battle at Vladař and a facsimile of the Žlutický kancionál, a hymn book associated with the town. These were shown in the town-history exhibition that ran until 2019, when the displays began to be reworked and modernised.