The Castle (basic tour I.)

This tour includes the interiors and outdoor spaces of the parkan fortification wall with commentary on the development of the castle construction. The exhibit recalls the history of the Buquoy family from the arrival of the founder of the family branch in Bohemia, Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, to after the construction of the new castle on the outskirts of Nový Hrady and the establishment of the landscape park in the Terezin Valley. The installation of the rooms is inspired by gouaches by B. Str?bela showing the interiors in the mid-19th century and includes the largest portrait gallery of the Buquoy family in Bohemia, with a portrait of Sophia Theresa Buquo, by the important 19th century Viennese portraitist Franz Schrotzberger,the extensive collection of gouaches by A.G. Schulze from the mid-19th century of Nové Hrady and the surroundings, including views of the castle, and the Terezin valley, a hunting still life by Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton and portraits of horses from his brother Johann Georg de Hamilton, the Ancestral Hall of Fame, the Buquoy archive, the first floor of the tower above the entrance gate. On the second floor of the tower there is an exhibition of glassmaking from Nové Hrady, built in collaboration with the Museum of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, with exhibits of clear engraved and cut glass and with examples of the unique black and red opaque hyalit glasse and agatino and lithyalin glass. There is also the original library with over 17,000 volumes.

Opening hours

Period Days Hours
29. 3. fri 10.00 – 15.00
30. 3. sat 10.00 – 15.00
31. 3. sun 10.00 – 15.00
1. 4. mon 10.00 – 15.00
2. 4.-30. 4. tue–fri 11.00 – 15.30
2. 4.-30. 4. sat–sun 9.30 – 15.30
1. 5.-31. 5. tue–sun 9.30 – 16.00
1. 6.-30. 6. tue–sun 9.30 – 16.30
1. 7.-31. 8. mon–sun 9.30 – 17.00
1. 9.-30. 9. tue–sun 9.30 – 16.00
1. 10.-31. 10. tue–fri 11.00 – 15.30
1. 10.-31. 10. sat–sun 9.30 – 15.30
28. 10. mon 9.30 – 15.30
1. 11.-30. 11. wed 10.00
1. 11.-30. 11. fri 13.00 – 13.00
1. 12.-31. 12. closed

Admission

Czech guide tour
  • Kategorie Price
  • Adults 25 up to 64 years 200 CZK
  • Seniors 65+ 160 CZK
  • Youth 18 up to 24 years 160 CZK
  • Persons with disabilities with valid identification card/certificate 160 CZK
  • Children 6 up to 17 years 60 CZK
  • Children under 5 years free
  • Person accompanying a disabled person free
  • Person accompanying a school group of 10 students free
  • Guide accompanying a group of at least 15 persons free
  • "MK ČR" card free
  • ICOMOS card free
  • Seasonal NPÚ ticket free
  • Single NPÚ tickets free
  • NPÚ card free
  • "Náš člověk" card free
  • Castle manager card free
Foreign language tours are offered in English and German. Those tours must be arrange advance, according to operational possibilities.
  • Kategorie Cena

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