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Archdiocesan Museum in Olomouc – Madonna

Museums Coin no. 064

The Olomouc Archdiocesan Museum was founded in 1998 as part of the Olomouc Museum of Art. It is the first museum of this type in the history of our country. The Romanesque palace of the Moravian bishops at the Basilica of St. Wenceslas at the Olomouc Přemyslid Castle became part of it. Wenceslas at the Olomouc Přemyslid Castle. In addition to a tour of a substantial part of the building remains of Olomouc Castle, the Archdiocesan Museum offers its visitors a permanent exhibition of the artistic culture of the Olomouc Archdiocese, which on 1,100 m2 of exhibition space has been affected by the development over the entire past millennium, four halls on an area of 360 m2 intended for short-term exhibitions, spaces for lecturing activities, a multi-purpose hall Mozarteum for 120 spectators and a museum café with a wine bar and the possibility of sitting in the impressive surroundings of the honorary courtyard of the chapter deanery.