Museums and galleries
Museum of East Bohemia in Pardubice
The Pardubice Chateau is today the home of the East Bohemian Museum with various expositions and exhibitions. Let yourself be enchanted by the modern art of glassmakers in the S.K.L.E.M. exposition, You Can't Take Money to Your Grave, which is the name of the numismatic exposition. The chateau tower offers views of the surroundings, and the Pernštejn cannons on the ramparts reveal traces of history.
The current exhibitions are listed on the East Bohemian Museum website.
Gočár's Gallery in Pardubice
Today's Gočár Gallery in Pardubice was established as the Regional Gallery in 1953, at the time when the network of state galleries was being established in the Czech Republic. In 2000, the Gočár Gallery regained the reconstructed House U Jonáše.
In June 2023, the second part of the Gočár Gallery was inaugurated in the building of the Automatic Mills.
Information about current exhibitions can be found on the gallery's website.
Pardubice City Gallery
GAMPA, or the Gallery of Pardubice, has been operating since 2012. The aim of the gallery is to introduce contemporary art to the general public and to create a platform for discussion on current artistic and social issues. It offers an inspiring, experiential and relaxing space open to everyone without distinction. The Gallery of Pardubice is a non-profit and non-collecting institution.
As of September 2023, GAMPA will be newly located in the premises of the renovated Automatic Mills, adjacent to the Gočár Gallery and two new institutions, the Sphere and the Automatic Mills Foundation.
Information about current exhibitions can be found on this website.
Chateau Memorial
Under the name of the Memorial Zámeček (Castle Memorial) there is a memorial area on the site of a former Nazi execution ground. On this area there is not only a memorial dedicated to the victims of World War II, but also a museum building with a unique exposition.
The exhibition itself is set in the ground and is circular, working with the play of light and shadow and the sloping terrain. Architects Jan Žalský and Vít Podráský designed the memorial as a concrete cast, which is complemented by steel or metal elements, an earthen floor, granite blocks or sturdy wooden benches in the cinema hall.
The architectural design of the Zámeček Memorial was awarded two prizes in the Building of the Year competition in 2022. The visitor's experience of the exhibition is therefore significantly shaped by the space in which you move.
For more information about the exhibition and the latest news, please visit the Memorial's website.
Institute of Memory of the Nation
The Memory of the Nation Institute invites you to its exceptional exhibition full of technology and real stories of the 20th century. The visitor chooses a story and then gets carried away by the narrative of the memoirist supplemented by projections, unconventional effects, augmented reality and interactive screens. Thanks to their interconnection, they will experience a fascinating journey into our history!
In addition to the exhibition itself, the Institute organises talks with interesting guests for the public or offers experiential workshops for pupils and students.
More information about the exhibition and the accompanying programme is available on the Institute's website.
Mázhaus exhibition space
Prison, taproom or exhibition space? All this is hidden in the history of the Mázhaus - a house located very close to the town hall, which will attract you not only with its façade, which incidentally features St. Wenceslas.
The exhibition space on the ground floor is used for exhibitions by local and visiting artists and schools. Also used for exhibitions is the cellar - the Šatlava, a place that used to serve as a prison. The mausoleum also welcomes lovers. If you have a wedding waiting for you at the town hall, your journey to the altar will begin in the Mázhaus.
Gallery of the University of Pardubice
The exhibition space is located in the light-filled environment of the main building of the university, close to the university library, where you can see mostly the work of lesser-known artists, not only from the Czech Republic.
Information about current exhibitions can be found on this website.
Author of photo: Michal Louč
Front of the Green Gate
The Green Gate is no longer just a lookout tower. You can learn about the history of the town and the Pernštejn family, take pictures of sunsets in the summer, children can play builder or scribe in the little chronicler's corner or take part in the game "Secrets of the Green Gate."
In addition, art exhibitions of paintings and photographs are held year-round in the forecourt.
Current exhibitions can be found on the Green Gate website.
ART SPACE NOV
This exhibition space focuses on contemporary art with an emphasis on installations, performances, video art, multimedia projects that relate to the genius loci of the basement of the Renaissance house No. 49 on Pernštýnské náměstí in Pardubice. Openings are always around the new moon, the accompanying programme (author readings, concerts) around the full moon.
You can find out what is currently on display on the Art Space Nov website.
Exposition of railway history
A clear collection of exhibits documenting the history of railways in the Pardubice region and public transport in Pardubice. The exhibition is situated in the former waterworks at the railway station in Rosice nad Labem. In six rooms and a rich outdoor exhibition there are seven hundred relics or documents. The museum organizes nostalgic rides and night rides with historical motor cars, historical trolleybuses, etc. in Pardubice and its surroundings.
For how to get to the historic times of railways and public transport, please visit this website.