Sklářská huť U Hrocha – Škrdlovice

Location: Škrdlovice 7, 592 13 · Vysočina Region

Category: handmade artistic glassware

Sklářská huť U Hrocha in Škrdlovice in the Vysočina region – traditional handmade artistic glassware. Tours featuring glass blowing and shaping at a glowing furnace. A unique craft glassworks with original glass for sale. Suitable for families and groups.

Why visit this place?

• The glassworks revives the lost tradition of Skrdlovice furnace-worked glass and focuses on glass tourism.
• The original Skrdlovice glassworks was founded in 1941 by the glassmaker Emanuel Beranek; free-formed furnace glass ceased to be made there in 2000.
• Rated 4.9 out of 5 by 26 visitors on Google Maps.
• 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 40 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.

Verified against: uhrocha.com, cs.wikipedia.org

Practical information

• Opening hours: Mon–Sat 9:00–16:00 (production in operation)
• Typical visit: 60 min
• Admission: adults 150 CZK, children 80 CZK
• Visitor rating: 4.9 ★ from 26 reviews on Google Maps
• Suitable for: primary (6–10), lower secondary (10–15), secondary (15+)

For schools

Glassworks tour for primary schools – glass blowing, chemistry of glass, glassmaking craft of the Vysočina region. Live production demonstration.

Official website: https://www.uhrocha.com/index.php?pg=sklarska-hut

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