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1. Muzeum Novojicinska - Zerotinsky zamek
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 6 reviews
Opening times: 1st April - 30th September: Tuesday - Friday 8-12, 13-17; Saturday and Sunday 9-16 1st October - 31st March: Tuesday - Friday 8-12, 13-16; Sunday 9-15; In October also on Saturdays 9-15
2. Karlovy Vary Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 82 reviews
This small museum traces the history of Karlovy Vary through exhibits on local culture, industry and activities.
Reviewed By Jana_CZ_travels - Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
This museum is amazing. It has 2 floors. 1st floor is dedicated to the history of city Karlovy Vary and the 2nd floor is about the history and nature of the Karlovarsky region. Both exhibitions are great. There are many interactive screens (in English and in Czech language) There are objects you can touch. It is really an interactive museum that kept us entertained for a long time - we've spent there more than 3 hours. It is a great place to visit (even for children). I would definitely visit this museum again.
3. Ceske Muzeum Stribra
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 316 reviews
Hradek mentioned as early as 1312, is a fortified castle-palace of the town type. Nowadays it is the seat of the main exposition of the Czech Museum of Silver. The museum offers two tours and the main attraction is a visit to an authentic medieval silver mine.
Reviewed By RHtravels - Rocky Hill, United States
We enjoyed learning about the history of silver mining in Kutna Hora and the difficult job that miners had. The tour was informative and an excellent example of the claustrophobic conditions that the miners had to endure. I am definitely glad that they outfitted us with helmets since I whacked my head several times during the tour.
4. The Museum of North Bohemia
5. Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia - National Gallery Prague
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 453 reviews
Reviewed By L0d0
A beautiful and under visited part of the National Gallery. A must for anyone with an interest in mediaeval art. It’s fascinating to see the altarpieces of the 14th century which seemed even ahead of the Italians in their ability to depict shape, form and shadow. Many well preserved wooden statues often with remnants of the original coloured paint. There’s woodcuts by Durer and Cranach too Also worth exploring the shell of the nunnery in the area below
6. Magdeburska Kasarna (Magdeburg Barracks)
7. Mala Pevnost (Small Fortress)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 195 reviews
Reviewed By K8097RBgeorger
Built as part of a military citadel with a walled garrison town long before WWII. Includes thick earthen bermed walls, moats and 22 miles of catacombs. Was used as a Nazi concentration camp. Extreme overcrowding and cruelty in the camp and nearby Jewish ghetto resulted in 33,000 deaths. Approximately 88,000 were sent from this location to Auschwitz and other extermination camps. Our visit was led by very knowledgeable and passionate guides. We toured a museum detailing the history and use of this complex. There were items written and composed by the inmates. The guides emphasized to us how humanity must never forget the atrocities perpetrated here. We got to stand in the prisoner barracks, confinement cells, and isolation cells. We also got to walk through some of the underground tunnels used by the guards. Most chilling was the gallows where prisoners were routinely hung. While Jews lived in squalor and disease the guards had a cinema, pool and garden. According to our guide, there were 28 guards to 12,000 Jewish prisoners in this part of the complex. May we never forget.
8. George Patton Memorial Museum
9. KGB Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,957 reviews
The museum will be open from May 4. The KGB museum was founded by the organization Chernyy dozhd is a community of people who are fascinated with the history collected unique items related to the activities of the Soviet Secret Service. The presence of many exhibits is primarily due to anarchy and lack of control over many state museums in the USSR during its division into many independent states, which used to be former Soviet socialist republics. Only due to the Chernyy dozhd organization many priceless exhibits were saved from looting, destruction and recycling. This is the first time in the world memorabilia previously belonging to the first persons of the Soviet Union, the heads of the Cheka-NKVD-GPU-OGPU-MGB-KGB .
Reviewed By 1lastthing - Walsall, United Kingdom
This is not a history lesson, so don’t go expecting that, though there is some history involved. Don’t expect straight up seriousness, you won’t find that here. Our host was incredibly passionate about the KGB and his homeland, Russia, and if you’re interested in espionage, weapons or the Cold War, this may be the place for you to visit, just don’t go expecting a really serious talk.
10. Leos Janacek Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 18 reviews
