Discovering the Lobkowicz Collections

Program Duration: 90 minutes (including workshop)

Join us for a playful guided tour of Nelahozeves Castle, introducing you to a range of subjects and historical objects that span the vast Lobkowicz Collections. Individual tasks, combined with an accompanying worksheet, relate to the subjects of music, fine and decorative arts. Highlighted themes include historic globes (the subject for a subsequent workshop), genealogy, Beethoven, Peter Paul Rubens’ Hygeia Nourishing the Sacred Serpent, hygiene, and Luis de Caullery’s Five Senses in the Garden of Love. 

Age Group: 7–11 years old

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Program Duration: 90 minutes

Capacity: 25 + 2x teachers/guardians for free (please contact us for larger group requests)

Admission: 150 CZK per student 

Learning Outcomes: Students learn about the highlights of the Lobkowicz Collections and family history, understand the importance of historical art collections and their cultural role in society today, and identify the elements of Renaissance architecture. 

Subjects: Art History, History, Architecture 

Location: Nelahozeves Castle 

Notes/Prerequisites: This tour is additionally offered to families on weekends.

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Cabinet of Curiosities

Max. 90 minutes according to age category (theoretical part and workshop)

The program will introduce students to what cabinets of curiosities and treasure chambers—which used to be an integral part of aristocratic residences—looked like. Students will discover what kinds of items aristocrats collected, learn to identify and distinguish between different types of collections, and become familiar with new terms such as “inventory” and “xylotheque.” Through objects from the Lobkowicz collections, they will gain insight into a world of precious treasures that we continue to preserve today because of their rarity and beauty. The program is followed by a workshop where students will create their own model of a historical globe, which can serve as the first item in their personal or classroom cabinet of curiosities.

Age Group: 6–13 years old

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Program Duration: 90 minutes

Capacity: 20 + 2x teachers/guardians for free (please contact us for larger group requests)  

Admission: 150 CZK per student

Learning Outcomes: Children gain knowledge in the history of cabinets of curiosities, understanding when, how and who first created them, understand the anatomy of trees.

Subjects: History, Art, Natural History

Location: Nelahozeves Castle 

Prerequisites/Notes: The “Cabinet of Curiosities” educational program does not include a tour of the entire castle. Students will visit two selected rooms related to the program's theme.

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In the calendar, you will find available dates on which it is possible to organize an educational program for you. Dates circled in red are already fully booked. For more information and further arrangements, please contact the museum educator Mr. Jan Malý at jan.maly@lobkowicz.cz.