In Budějovice
Jihočeské muzeum
On foot 16 min · By car 4 min
Jihočeské muzeum is a good choice on a day when the weather is not kind to walking. It was founded in 1877 from gifts by local people and today holds over 800,000 objects — including moldavites formed when a meteorite struck in what is now Bavaria and ejected material as far as South Bohemia.
The museum stands in Dukelská street, ten minutes from the square, and has two large exhibitions: the nature of South Bohemia from a mammoth tooth to an elk, and the story of Budějovice from its founding. In one case lie coins of silver from mines a few kilometres from town, and a little further on you walk on 13th-century paving that the town's founder himself may have walked. Allow two hours; closed on Mondays.
Practical details
- On foot 16 min · By car 4 min
- Opening hours: celoročně út–ne a o svátcích 9:00–17:30, v pondělí zavřeno
On site
In the cases lie moldavites — green glass in twisted shapes. Further on are silver coins the town minted itself in the mint on Piaristické náměstí, a few steps from the Solnice you walked past. And a decorated medieval Gothic floor from the church of St Nicholas: you will not see it in the cathedral itself, because the Gothic interior was lost in the fire of 1641.