The textile museum in
Česká Skalice
Česká Skalice (; ) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants. It lies on the shore of Rozkoš Reservoir. The town is known for the Ratibořice Castle and Grandmother's Vall ...
is the only Czech museum specialized in the history of textile production. Its displays and collections represent a unique body of work reflecting the development of the textile industry, especially cloth printing, in the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
and abroad. The museum, a branch of the
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
Founded in 1885, the Prague Museum of Decorative Arts () is housed in a Neo-Renaissance edifice built from 1897 to 1899 after the designs of architect Josef Schulz. It opened in 1900 with exhibitions on the first floor. The museum's rich colle ...
, holds regular exhibitions.
Textile exhibitions
*Cotton-production in Eastern Bohemia
*Collaboration of artists with textile printing
*History of textile production in the Czech lands until the end of the 18th century
*History of textile printing and auxiliary technologies in manufactories and factories
See also
*
The Chateau at Klášterec nad Ohří
*
Josef Sudek Gallery
The Josef Sudek Gallery () is near Hradčany (Úvoz 24) in Prague, in a house where Josef Sudek (b. 1896 Kolín, d. 1976 Prague) lived from 1959 until his death. Part of his photographic output was transferred to the MDA in Prague in the years 1 ...
*
The Chateau at Kamenice nad Lipou
External links
Official site of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
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Museums in the Hradec Králové Region
Textile museums
Náchod District
Textile industry of the Czech Republic