Part of the mining-historical exposition of the Czech Museum of Silver is also medieval mine located in the area between the main building of the Museum - Hrádek - and St. Barbara Church. The mine was discovered in 1967 when a hydro-geological exploration of the …

Hrádek - The Way of SilverThe tour introduces the whole process the silver ore had to undergo until a silver coin was struck. Visitors get acquainted with medieval technology of mining and processing silver.

Explore the Czech Museum of Silver in Kutná Hora, where you will see an exhibition dedicated not only to the mining and processing of silver but also to other points of interest. You can visit three buildings: At Hrádek the focus is on the production of silver but you can also see its …

The Czech Museum of Silver in Kutná Hora offers a tour of medieval mines and exhibitions dedicated to silver mining in a building called Hrádek. Additionally, there are exhibitions and temporary displays in the Gothic Stone House and Tylův House.

Hrádek – originally a fortress, later rebuilt into an urban-style Gothic palace. Today it houses the Czech Museum of Silver, which operates a permanent exhibition and tours of the medieval silver mine.

Great place to learn about the origin of Kutna Hora, the silver mines. Kutna Hora was once the regal center for the creation of coinage for the realm and was a city rivaling Prague in size. From the legend about their original discovery to the end of the mines the story is all here.

The exposition on the first floor introduces Kutná Hora as an imposing royal mining town. It presents development of Hrádek, lifestyle of entrepreneur's "silver" nobility and the role of Kutná Hora in the Czech state. One hall is dedicated to an exhaustive overview of the Czech mintage struck in Kutná Hora.

Where did most of the world's silver come from? What is the most famous bone church in the world? How did the term 'dollar' come about? Find out in Kutná Hora.

Descend into the cold dark underbelly of a UNESCO-listed historic town on a silver mines tour from the Hradek/Small Castle in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

It now houses the Czech Silver Museum. Visiting is by one of two guided tours; the second includes the chance to visit an ancient silver mine. Tour 1 (one hour) leads through the main part of the museum where the exhibits celebrate the mines that made Kutná Hora wealthy, including a huge wooden device once used to lift loads weighing as much ...