Welcome to Crystal Valley, we offer you the most interesting events during the spring holidays 2024.

 

FEBRUARY
16 Feb 2024 GLASS MUSEUM Nový Bor

• 16:00 Book launch of Miroslav Kolka's book Glassmaking of the Bor-Shenov Region
• 17 Feb 2024 MUSEUM OF GLASS AND JEWELLERY Jablonec nad Nisou
• 10:00-14:00 Jewellery course for advanced adults, those interested will learn to sew a necklace from rocailles and cut seed beads with the lecturer Věra Černá
• 13-14 February + 20-21 February, 27-28 February, 5-6 February and 12-13 February 2024 10:00 - 16:00 Holiday creative workshops for children (free) In the museum studio, children will create souvenirs from glass and beads. > The event takes place every Tuesday and Wednesday during the spring break cycle until 13 March 2024.

22 February 2024 NISA FACTORY Jablonec nad Nisou

• 18:00 Guided tour of the exhibition of glass artist Zdeněk Lhotský Glass and Drawing. Visitors will be guided through the exhibition, which runs until 19 April 2024, by its author.

MARCH
1 March 2024 TOWN MUSEUM Železný Brod

• 17:00 Opening of the new glass exhibition
• 19:00 KC Kino Železný Brod - PechaKucha Night on the theme Glass and the New Coat
• 23. 3.-24. 3. EASTER IN THE CRYSTAL VALLEY
• 29-31 Mar 2024 NOVOSAD & SYN GLASS AND MINIPREWERY Harrachov
• 9:00 - 17:00 Children's Easter workshop "Decorate your own glass"

 

30 Mar 2024 CHRISTIAN CHROME Kunratice u Cvikova 

• 16:00 Ceremonial reinstallation of the historical stained glass window of God's Eye, discovered last year and newly restored, together with the Easter concert of the soloists of the Liberec Opera Theatre F. X. Šalda 

APRIL
5 April 2024 NISA FACTORY Jablonec nad Nisou

• 17:00 Discussion with glass artist Zdeněk Lhotský and architect and actor David Vávra
• 20 Apr 2024 OWN MUSEUM AND GALLERY Česká Lípa
• 14:00 Clubhouse - Lecture by Miroslav Kolka on Glass Buildings in the Bor-Shenov Region

Visit open glassworks

Glassworks and the AJETO restaurant - tours of the glassworks are available every weekday (by prior arrangement for groups and with a guide). For those who are interested, it is possible to work with glass. AJETO also invites you to the glass tavern, which opened after the winter on 1 February 2024.

• Tours of the glassworks: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Glass tavern: Friday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday 10 am - 4 pm; Wednesday - Thursday 10 am - 4 pm

The Pačinek Glassworks in Kunratice u Cvikova invites you to an exhibition directly above the glassworks, visitors can also watch the glassmakers at work or try their hand at blowing into a glass whistle; the garden decorated with original glass objects is also an attraction. There is also a glassworks canteen on site, which is only open on weekends in spring. Pačinek Glass also has a range of glassware for direct sale and accommodation. The glassmakers also invite visitors to the adjacent church, which displays art glass.

• Glassworks tours: Monday - Friday 8am - 2pm; Sunday 8am - 1pm (Saturday - Sunday)
• Excursion to the Crystal Temple: Monday - Sunday 8am - 2pm
• Glassmakers Canteen: Saturday - Sunday 9am - 1pm
• Glass Garden freely accessible

The Novotný Glassworks, Restaurant and Museum in Nový Bor invites you to visit the Museum of Modern Glass; visitors can also watch the glassmakers at work, either directly while eating in the Hut' glass restaurant or from the museum's gallery. The complex also includes a glass gallery with the sale of art and utility glass. The museum is currently hosting an exhibition of glass artists Ondřej Novotný and American Rob Stern, which will run until the end of April.

Restaurant Hut' with a view directly into the glassworks: daily 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. (Saturday until 11 p.m.)

Florianova hut in Častolovice near Česká Lípa is a family-run glassworks where you can see the production of traditional and completely modern glass:

• Excursions in the glassworks: Monday - Friday 8 - 13:30h

Novosad & son glassworks and microbrewery in Harrachov also offers tours of the large glassworks, the unique historical glass grinding plant and the glass museum, accommodation, a visit to the brewery restaurant, the confectionery and the beer spa. There is also a glass shop on site.

• Excursions at the glassworks are 7 days a week from 8am to 3pm. Reservations are recommended for larger groups.
• Restaurant: daily 11am - 10pm (until 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays)