Regionální muzeum v Litomyšli / Litomyšl Regional Museum (Litomyšl, East Bohemia)
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In perfectly restored Baroque building of the former Piarist College at Castle Hill (Zámecký vrch) in Litomyšl you can find expositions of Litomyšl Regional Museum (Regionální muzeum v Litomyšli).
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Location: Pardubický kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/01/2010
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In perfectly restored Baroque building of the former Piarist College at Castle Hill (Zámecký vrch) in Litomyšl you can find expositions of Litomyšl Regional Museum (Regionální muzeum v Litomyšli).
Permanent exposition in the main building of the Litomyšl Regional Museum will guide you through the history of town Litomyšl from its very first reference, which can be found in Cosmas's Chronica from the beginning of the 20th century. In the first part of our exposition you can see the beginnings of local settlement, archeological findings on the old castle's hillock, as well as religious and general cultural productivity of Litomyšl from Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque period.
The second part of the exposition is dedicated to the 19th century and related Czech National Revival. Many important writers, painters and musicians joined their lives with Litymošl in this time.
In the main building you can find also area for short-term thematic exhibitions. The programme of these exhibitions for current year can be viewed only in Czech version.
[taken from the Museum official materials]