Architecture Day: Ostrava - Architecture & Housing in the Ostrava Museum Photo Archive

Name: Architecture Day: Ostrava - Architecture & Housing in the Ostrava Museum Photo Archive
Start: 2026-10-03T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-03T13:00:00+02:00
Location: Ostravské muzeum

took place · 3 Oct 2026

Ostrava Museum, Ostrava

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A guided tour of the Ostrava Museum's photo archive of historical photographs with historian Jiří Sochorek. The collection contains thousands of photographs documenting the city's transformations - its streets, buildings, and various forms of housing across different periods.

Authentic images show how Ostrava gradually developed from individual buildings to the appearance of entire neighborhoods.

Guided by: Jiří Sochorek, historian. Co-organizer: Ostrava Museum, a public institution.

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About the venue: Ostrava Museum

Ostrava Museum has been housed since 1931 in the listed Old Town Hall building on Masaryk Square in the city centre. Its permanent exhibitions cover the history of Ostrava, archaeology, art-historical collections, geology, mineralogy, ethnography and the history of mining. The collections comprise around 300,000 inventory items; highlights include the unique Mašek astronomical clock and a 200-year-old orchestrion. The building also features a viewing tower open to visitors.

Masarykovo náměstí 1, 728 41 Ostrava Get directions

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