Things to do in Liberec Region, Bohemia: The Best Museums

The Museum of Bohemian Paradise was founded in 1886 as a regional museum; however, since the 1930s, it has specialised in precious stones and their processing (stone-cutting),which is a typical craft throughout the region. Here you can find a geology and mineralogy exhibition that will take you to the colourful world of minerals; examples of cut and engraved stones will show you the technology of stone processing and you will also be able to see historical jewels, followed by those that were created at international jewellers´ symposia. The underground Treasury features an historic collection of jewels, collected over time by the Turnov School of Applied Arts. We have also new expositions: Mountaineering, Gem Cutter's House, Luminescence.

Originally a burgher hospital, founded in 1561, currently serves as a permanent exhibition of historical development of the town of Frydlant.There are stored unique foundations of a medieval bread furnace from the 16th century, which were found during reconstruction of the building and included in the exhibition. In the museum yard, there stands a working replica of the furnace.

Technical museum is located at beautiful site of Jizera mountains landscape in former textile factory “Baumwollspinerei Karl Bienert und shone”, which is registered as cultural and technical heritage. There are three main exhibitions: 1st Steam engine room and boiler room with original steam boilers, exhibition of old energetic machinery; 2nd Exhibition of aircraft engines from 1914 till now and exhibition of aircraft archaeology which is collected from air crashes in the mountains around the factory; 3rd Exhibition of textile production with some machines in working condition and exhibition of old sewing machines. This is an exceptionally well-preserved factory complex including numerous authentic structural features and equipment dating from the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The most valuable exhibit of the museum is the building itself: the site was listed as a cultural monument in March 2011. Guided tours starts every hour, except 12:00