Galerie Granát
Granát, the cooperative of artistic production in Turnov, is the biggest producer of original gold and silver jewellery with Czech garnets. The cooperative was established in 1953 by the unification of smaller goldsmith companies. It is the owner of Czech garnet mines and holder of the trademark and designation of origin "Czech garnet" and "Czech garnet jewel".
Granát Turnov is one of the top Czech jewellery companies with the biggest collection of classic, modern and luxury Czech garnet jewellery. The assortment also includes gifts, such as Crown Jewels or glass products with Czech garnets. Czech garnet jewellery is popular both at home and with foreign tourists. Prominent personalities and statesmen also received exclusive gifts.
Despite the latest production technologies, a high proportion of the production by Turnov´s goldsmiths remains manual. You can see the history and the processing of Czech garnets in the Gallery Granát.
You can buy the products produced by the cooperative Granát, d.u.v., Turnov in the network of seven company shops or via E-shop.
Get inspired by the beauty of Czech garnet, and experience its power.
The Gallery Granát – Customer Centre
The processing of Czech garnet in Turnov goes way back in the past. The cooperative Granát, d.u.v., Turnov followed the art of many generations of Turnov´s jewellery masters, and in its 65 years of existence, has created an extensive collection of garnet jewellery, and still produces new designs. The cooperative mines and grinds garnets for its production. Get inspired by the beauty of Czech garnet, and experience its power.
Granát, d.u.v., Turnov invites you to visit the exposition in the Gallery Granát in Turnov. The gallery is located in our company´s building, together with our shop and the address is the square Českého ráje, house number 4. Here you can see the exposition of Czech garnet and Czech garnet jewellery. You will learn about Czech garnet mining and about grinding using historical and contemporary machines. We will explain the individual steps of the production of Czech garnet jewel. You can try some of the goldsmith´s techniques. In the gallery, you can also find a small display of pictures and current exhibitions of paintings, photographs and works of art by artists from closer and wider surroundings. Some of the prestigious awards are also part of the exposition.
The admission to the Gallery is free.
We are looking forward to seeing you.