Středočeský kraj

Malé náměstí 1, 256 01 BenešovPhone: +420 317 724 601
E-mail: muzeum.institut@iol.cz
http://www.muzeum-umeni-benesov.cz
Opening hours:
Tue - Sun 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm
Thu 2pm - 6pm




The Art Nouveau house no. 74 was built by the District Commercial Savings Bank from Benešov u Prahy in 1904 - 1905 according to a project of Marcel Dusil. It houses an exhibition, opened to the general public in 1992, devoted to the history of the town and its surrounding areas, regional landmarks and objects of art as well as artists who lived and worked here. The ethnographic exhibition is of special interest as it presents mainly the folk clothing and textiles, furniture, glass underpaintings, and objects of folk plastic art.

The Museum shows the following displays:
Czech painting today
Present-day Czech plastic
Czech and Slovak photograph 19 th and 20 th century
Drawing and graphic art personality Czech art 20 th century
Czech graphic design 20 th century
Global visual grammar
Laboratory colours and form