Museum of Puppet Cultures in Chrudim

Břetislavova 74, 537 60 Chrudim Get directions

About the venue

The oldest and largest puppet museum in the Czech Republic has been housed since 1972 in the Renaissance Mydlář House, built in 1573-1576. The collection grew from the private holdings of Prof. Jan Malík and now runs to over 50,000 objects, including more than 8,500 puppets from Bohemia and around the world. The permanent exhibition Magický svět loutek (Magical World of Puppets) takes visitors from travelling puppeteers' marionettes and Spejbl & Hurvínek to shadow puppets from Indonesia and Vietnamese water puppets. Czech puppetry has been on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list since 2016.

Břetislavova 74, 537 60 Chrudim

Tue–Sun 9:00–17:00 (Sep–Jun), Mon–Sun 9:00–17:00 (Jul–Aug), Mon closed (Sep–Jun)

📞 +420 469 620 310 ✉ puppets@puppets.cz 🌐 www.puppets.cz 📘 Facebook

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Hurvinek's Playroom in Chrudim — Muzeum loutkářských kultur v Chrudimi, Chrudim

Fri 15.5. – Thu 31.12. Muzeum loutkářských kultur v Chrudimi, Chrudim free

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Hurvinek's Playroom in Chrudim

An interactive playroom dedicated to Hurvinek, one of the most iconic figures in Czech puppet theatre, now open at the Museum of Puppet Cultures in Chrudim. Children can meet puppets from the Spejbl and Hurvinek Theatre and participate in creative activities.

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📍 Museum of Puppet Cultures in Chrudim

About the venue

Upcoming · 1

Hurvinek's Playroom in Chrudim

Museum of Puppet Cultures in Chrudim