Sklárna Annín na Šumavě

Location: Annín 47, 342 01 Dlouhá Ves · Pilsen Region

Category: historic glassworks with a furnace and museum

Sklárna Annín 1796 in Dlouhá Ves in the Šumava region is one of the few surviving operational Šumava glassworks. In June 2016, the glassmaking furnace was relit here for the first time in nearly 70 years. Visitors can watch master glassmakers at work, explore a museum dedicated to the history of glassmaking, and purchase cut glass. A popular highlight is the option to blow your own glass object for an additional fee.

Why visit this place?

• The glassworks was built in 1796 by Augustin Müller, a burgher of Kašperské Hory; in the 1830s and 1840s the master Johann Lötz made layered coloured glass here.
• In 1935 the second electric melting furnace in Czechoslovakia was put into operation here.
• Besides the tour there are hands-on workshops, so children get to make something themselves.
• Allow roughly an hour; the programme is aimed at lower primary, upper primary and secondary students.
• There are 35 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.
• The whole programme is indoors, so rain is not a problem.

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Practical information

• Opening hours: Seasonal hours, typically Mon–Sat 9:00–17:00 during the tourist season
• Typical visit: 60 min
• Admission: Museum and glassworks admission – price per price list; glass-blowing as a surcharge
• Visitor rating: 4.4 ★ from 105 reviews on Google Maps
• Suitable for: primary (6–10), lower secondary (10–15), secondary (15+)

For schools

Tour of the glassworks furnace with a glass-blowing demonstration, museum of Šumava glassmaking, option to blow your own glass object (surcharge).

Official website: https://www.annin-glass.cz

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