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Museums and galleries in the Bohemian Paradise
Despite their small number, museums and galleries located in the Hradec Králové Region part of the Bohemian Paradise are very interesting.
Jičín – Regional Museum and Gallery in Jičín – Games Museum
A museum where every visitor will find something to their liking, regardless of their age. It features various intriguing interactive games so that visitors leave with unforgettable experiences. Successful visitors will even be rewarded with revealing the mystery of Duke Albrecht of Valdštejn.
Libuň – František Kaván Memorial
A memorial to Czech painter František Kaván in the town of Libuň.
Nová Paka – Municipal Museum
Exhibition on the history, art and ethnography is located in Sucharda´s villa. Stanislav Sucharda - author of the Monument of Palacký in Prague, and Vojtěch Sucharda - creator of the Apostles, the Old Town Clock. Exhibitions of significant artists of the region.
Nová Paka – Treasury
Treasury of precious stones and a permanent exhibition of spiritualism in the Podkrkonoší Lowlands. Exposition of geological development represents mainly Permian Carboniferous plants. 'Treasury' owns collection of precious stones, agates, jaspers, and more.
Sobotka – Šrámek´s House
Poet Fráňa Šrámek´s birthplace with the poet´s office in the town of Sobotka.
Staré Hrady – Museum and Literature Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature
A memorial featuring the offices of writers Jaroslav Vrchlický, Alois Jirásek, and Eliška Krásnohorská. It is located at the town of Staré Hrady near Libáň.
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Železnice – Museum of History and Geography
A museum specializing in the war of 1866 – weapons, helmets, the battlefield findings, works by academic painters František Zikmund and T. F. Šimon.