The Teplice Regional Museum is housed in Teplice Castle in the beautiful old part of the spa town. In the second half of the twelfth century, Queen Judith of Bohemia founded a Benedictine convent on the site of the later castle. In the second half of the fifteenth century, under the Bohemian queen Joanna of Rosental, a fortress was built on the ruins of the convent, incorporating remnants of the Romanesque and Gothic masonry. Under its eighteenth-century owners, the castle became a meeting-place for individuals prominent in politics and society such as Charles Joseph de Ligne, Giacomo Casanova, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. Inside the castle, splendid interiors have been preserved, including the Renaissance hall with its painted coffered ceiling and the Rococo salon featuring opulent stucco decoration. Since 1947, the castle has also accommodated exhibitions organized by the regional museum on the history of the town, the spa and the region, drawing from museum’s holdings of some 750,000 objects. In the Romanesque section of the complex, a presentation entitled “In Search of the Vanished Convent” is on view.
Opening times
Visits possible only within the framework of guided tours Permanent exhibition: Tuesday to Sunday hourly guided tours between 10 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 5 pm Exhibition rooms and equestrian hall: Tuesday to Friday 12 noon to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 12 noon and 1 to 5 pm
Admission fees
Permanent exhibition Adults 50Kč, reduced and groups 30Kč per person, family ticket 110Kč Admission for children to age 6 free of charge Special exhibition Adults 30Kč, reduced and groups 20Kč per person, family ticket 70Kč Admission for children to age 6 free of charge
Extras/offers
audio guideguided toursshopspecial exhibitionslectures
Handicapped accessible
- limited handicapped accessible
Foreign language offers
Guided tours in German (by previous arrangement)
Educational offers
Guided tours of the permanent and special exhibitions (with worksheets) Lectures with presentations on selected topics