Precious stones from the Bohemian Paradise

The brothers Jan and Václav Fišers from Turnov. Their alleged voyage to Venice, five years of efforts to seize the local secret of secrecy, return to Turnov, dozens of wasted attempts and then - finally success! In 1711 they made the first glass for the production of artificial stones.

THE GLASSHOUSE IN NOVÝ SVĚT

It was in 1712, when Elias Müller built his glassworks on the estate of the Harrach Counts in Jilemnice. It continued in the traditional production of glass, which was produced on the border of the Giant Mountains and the Jizera Mountains in the middle of the 14th century. Even today, you can see not only metallurgical production and blowing glass, but also a hundred-year-old grinding shop. It is driven by a water turbine and transmissions used to distribute the driving force.

ELIAS PALME

Elias Palme, one of the most famous luminaire manufacturers, continued the tradition of chandeliers in Kamenický Šenov. Industrial production of chandeliers was started in 1724 by Josef Palme in Prácheň.

ELDORADO OF BEADS AND SEED BEADS

Surely you would not find in the whole Principle and in the broad surroundings of a person who would say a crooked word about Jan Šourek. After all, it was as if he had come to the Principle of Prosperity and Welfare. As soon as he took possession of the reeve, life in the village began to turn for the better. He was one of the first to venture into the world for business.

JOSEF RIEDEL

Josef Riedel, king of the Jizera Mountains glassmakers, was born in Hejnice in 1816. He was the representative of the sixth generation of the glass family and imprinted his footprint indelibly on the slopes of the Jizera Mountains.

FRIEDRICH EGERMANN

JOSEF PFEIFFER

Josef Pfeiffer - Jablonec entrepreneur and mayor, who was involved in the development of jewelery exports. Everything is confirmed at the imperial court and in 1866 Jablonec became a town during his reign.

BLOWN BEAD and its way to the tree

People can make sense of time and numbers, but not us, beads. However, I have heard that they have been blowing me in the mountains for more than a hundred years. As a bead would put it, that is a long time. You, who have never seen how a bead is born, you don´t know how beautiful life can be....

MELTED GLASS SCULPTURE

In 1920 the first Czech glass school was founded in Železný Brod, thanks to which the town became a center of glass art.

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Inspired by Crystal Valley

Museum and Gallery in Železnice

Address

Muzejní 181, 507 13 Železnice

Phone

+420 732 836 309

E-mail

muzeum@zeleznice.net

Opening hours

Dear visitors, due to the replacement of windows, the entire museum and gallery will be closed from 1.10.2024 to 28.11.2024.  Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to seeing you on 29.11.2024 at the opening of Advent in Železnice. 

A museum and gallery with a number of permanent exhibitions (a period merchant's shop with a working orchestrion, an equipped timbered cottage with an exhibition of flax cultivation and processing including a demonstration of spinning on a spinning wheel and weaving on a loom, a school classroom from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, archaeology, the history of the spa in Železnice, etc.) and occasional exhibitions. Exhibitions of painters living and working in the town, the War of 1866 and the guilds in Železnice are temporarily closed.

Visitors can learn about the geological development of Železnice and the precious stones found in Železnice and its surroundings, including the Doubravice quarry (the local agates with their typical reddish to brick-brown colour are rightly ranked among the most beautiful) in the Paleontology exhibition. A valuable exhibit is also a wooden table for manual grinding of Czech garnets from the 19th century from Železnice. Worksheets about precious stones are prepared for children visitors.
Every year in the summer months (beginning of May - end of September), the exposition hosts a traditional summer exhibition of precious stones, mostly from Železnice.