For Journalists
Contact Persons Mgr. Kristýna Koderová tel.: 777 710 802 e-mail: kristyna.koderova@ntm.cz Mgr. Adam Dušek tel.: 774 426 828 e-mail: adam.dusek@ntm.cz Information on current events and the National Technical Museum activities is available in the Public and Schools section. Notice Journalists are advised to make a prior appointment either with the head of the CBH in […]
Places of Interest and Accommodation Near by
Historical Sight Plasy Monastery The former Plasy monastery grounds belong among the most significant monastic complexes in Central Europe. Historical Sight Metternich family tomb Chancellor Václav Lothar Metternich converted the church basement into his family tomb, where the remains of the Metternich family rest. Historical Sight The Church of the Assumption of […]
History of the Complex
— former farmyard of Plasy monastery The Centre for Building Heritage project’s realization site is the grounds of a former Plasy monastery in the north of Pilsner region, which belongs among the most significant monastic complexes in Central Europe. Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, installed Cistercian monks in Plasy in mid-12th century. The colonisation order […]
Calcarius or Lime Burner
30.9. 2015 – 23.7. 2017 The exhibition called “Calcarius or Lime Bruner, lime processing technologies in traditional civil engineering” has been installed in the former monastery’s mill room and farmhands’ day room newly adapted for short-term exhibitions. The exhibition presents in an attractive way long forgotten lime mining methods, lime burning in pre-industrial kilns and […]
Civil Engineering Exhibition
The former brewery, which houses the exhibition, underwent numerous redesigns in its past and acquired its current form at the very end of the 19th century. However, in the 1960s its brew kettles went cold and the premises were used as a warehouse. Following extensive preservation and reconstruction works between 2013 and 2015, a civil […]
Building Playground
30.9. 2015 – 27.11. 2016 One of the granary floors offers the opportunity to put one’s building creativity and skills to test. Visitors of all ages will learn that it is possible to build surprisingly complex structures using simple wooden blocks. A mass model of the Plasy monastery enables construction of the grounds in various […]
How to Find Us
The Centre for Building Heritage in Plasy monastery grounds (former brewery and farmyard) Pivovarská 5 331 01 Plasy okres Plzeň-sever By Car from Pilsner approx. 25 km to the north, road I/27 (Pilsner – Most). from Prague approx. 110 km to the south-west, road R6 (via Jesenice or Rakovník) or road D5 (around Pilsner). free […]
Exhibitions
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Admission Fees
Admission Fees full 120 CZK reduced 80 CZK family 290 CZK Reduced 80 CZK (senior citizens over 65 years, ZTP, ISIC, ITIC, Staff Card cardholders, children between 6 and 15 years, high school and university students (under 26 years, upon submitting a student card); Free (children under 6 years, children’s homes, SOS dětské vesničky, ZTP/P […]