Sklárna Huť Jakub Tasice – národní kulturní památka

Location: Tasice 1, 584 01 Ledeč nad Sázavou · Vysočina Region

Category: glassmaking open-air museum

Sklárna Huť Jakub in Tasice near Ledeč nad Sázavou is a unique glassmaking open-air museum protected as a national cultural monument. The glassworks has operated on the same site for over 220 years and preserves original premises from 1820 – a brown-coal gas generator building (the last functional one in the Czech Republic until 2002), a glassmaking furnace, a cracking room, a continuous annealing lehr, and a grinding shop. Small-scale glass production has been taking place here since 2016.

Why visit this place?

• Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 399 visitors on Google Maps.
• The exhibition is interactive — it expects you to touch the exhibits and try them out.
• Allow roughly an hour; the programme is aimed at lower primary, upper primary and secondary students.
• There are 22 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.

Practical information

• Opening hours: April–May: Thu–Sun 10:00–17:00. June–August: Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00. September–October: Thu–Sun 10:00–17:00. November–March: Thu–Sun 10:00–16:00.
• Typical visit: 60 min
• Admission: adults 150 CZK, children 80 CZK
• Visitor rating: 4.7 ★ from 399 reviews on Google Maps
• Suitable for: primary (6–10), lower secondary (10–15), secondary (15+)

For schools

Guided tour – unique 19th-century glassmaking technology, glass production using historical methods, craft traditions of the Vysočina region.

Official website: https://sklarnatasice.cz/

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