Muzeum Podblanicka – Zámek Vlašim

Location: Zámek 1, 258 01 Vlašim · Central Bohemia

Category: museum

The regional museum is housed in a Baroque château in Vlašim with an adjacent English-style park. The exhibitions cover the nature and history of the Podblanicko region, the southern Bohemian borderlands, and local folk traditions. The museum offers guided tours and educational programmes for schools.

Why visit this place?

• The chateau grew out of repeated rebuildings of a Gothic castle dating from 1303 and became a stately residence thanks to Jan Očko z Vlašimi, the second archbishop of Prague.
• The adjoining English park of 70 hectares was founded in 1775 by Karel Josef z Auerspergu.
• Rated 4.6 out of 5 by 886 visitors on Google Maps — the best-rated place in this category in Central Bohemia.
• Besides the tour there are hands-on workshops, so children get to make something themselves.
• Allow roughly an hour and a half; the programme is aimed at lower primary, upper primary and secondary students.
• There are 26 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.

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Practical information

• Opening hours: March–June and September–December: 9:00–12:00, 13:00–16:00; July–August: 9:00–12:00, 13:00–17:00
• Typical visit: 90 min
• Admission: adults 80 CZK, children 45 CZK
• Visitor rating: 4.6 ★ from 886 reviews on Google Maps
• Suitable for: primary (6–10), lower secondary (10–15), secondary (15+)

For schools

Educational programmes, interactive tours, creative workshops, lectures on regional history

Official website: https://www.muzeumpodblanicka.cz

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