Museum of West Bohemia in Pilsen
The West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen is one of the largest museum institutions in the Czech Republic in terms of the scope of its historical, applied arts and natural science collections. It is also a centre for scientific work in a number of scientific fields. The main building of the museum is located at Kopeckého sady 2 in Pilsen.
Currently, the museum consists of the following objects: the Main Building, the Ethnographic Museum of the Pilsen Region, the Puppet Museum in Pilsen, the Museum of Ecclesiastical Art of the Pilsen Diocese, the Dr. Bohuslav Horák Museum in Rokycany and the Dobřív Water Hammer Mill.
Now on view
7 exhibitions
Closing Soon! Exhibition: Stories of Things. Objects and Their Transformations
During the winter semester of 2025/2026, students of the comic studio at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, under the guidance of MgA. Marie Kohoutová, tackled a…
Exhibition: Hesham Malik - Angels and Demons
David Csukás
The exhibition of internationally renowned artist Hesham Malik presents a unique dialogue between sacred history and contemporary spirituality, drawing from the original Greek meaning of the words angelos (messenger)…
Exhibition: Ladislav Lábek as an Archaeologist
Jiří Orna
Ladislav Lábek was a historian, ethnographer, museologist, founder of the Národopisné muzeum Plzeňska (Ethnographic Museum of Pilsen Region), and above all, a prominent figure in the cultural life of the West Bohemian…
Accompanying Exhibition: Hunting Motifs in European Graphics
Ludmila Kotorová
The accompanying exhibition to the "Applied Arts / Decorative Arts" exhibition presents a collection of graphic prints with hunting themes from the 17th to 19th centuries. On display are works by European masters,…
Exhibition: Pavel Niebauer - ART ALTER EGO (Traces of Age - Unveiling)
The work of Rokycany native Pavel Niebauer from 2023-25 stands out with its surreal expression and includes surprising spatial objects and installations made of wood, stone, and metal. The exhibition presents his…
Exhibition: The Touch of Art Nouveau. Fashion at the Turn of the Century
Martina Merglová Stránská
Our new exhibition will take you into the elegant world of Art Nouveau fashion. It will bring closer a time when clothing was not only a practical part of everyday life, but also an expression of lifestyle, social…
Exhibition: Hurvínek 100 – From Pilsen to Pilsen
Markéta Formanová
The puppet rascal first spoke from the Pilsen stage on May 2, 1926, and since then, he has become an indispensable part of Czech culture and world puppetry. His first form was carved by Pilsen carver Gustav Nosek for…
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Exhibition: 13th Rokycany Biennial of Graphic Arts
The Rokycany Biennial of Graphic Arts is an international competitive exhibition of classical, thematically unrestricted graphic works by visual artists. The first year of the biennial took place in 2002. This year's…
Exhibition: Pilsen Shooting Targets 1792 – 1885
The exhibition freely follows on from the exhibition "Pilsen City Armory", which introduces museum visitors to city weapons and Pilsen as a fortified city from the Hussite Wars to the Thirty Years' War. It is dedicated…
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6 buildingsZápadočeské muzeum
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Josefa Knihy 146, Střed, 337 01 Rokycany-Rokycany 1
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