The Technical museum in Brno
Localisation
| State | Czech republic |
| Regional (NUTS III) hierarchical level | South Moravian region |
| District level (LAU1) | Brno |
| Municipality (LAU2) | Brno |
| Connection to traffic network | From the city centre
tram link 12 – station Technique museum
Proximity
to highway A9: 13 km Proximity to highway A4: 26 km |
Main factors of successful redevelopment process
- General localization – the city Brno – Královo pole
- Transport links - from the city centre tram link 12 to the station Technique museum
- Public attitudes, adoption of innovations and new developments – the Technical museum Brno was established from collecting, scientific, cultural, educational and methodological reasons.
- Availability of financial incentives - co-financed by the specific program Compensation the restitutions of objects
Brief description of site and current use
There were attempts to establish a technical museum since the 19th century. In this period Brno became a significant industrial centre renowned for textiles, engineering, electrical and food production. The initiative came to a head in 1924 when the Czechoslovak engineering association established a preliminary board for the establishment of a technical museum in Moravia. The Archive of Industrial History is considered to be the direct foregoer of TMB. It was established in 1936 but it didn’t start operating until the post- war period. It was opened in 1948 due to the support of The People’s Committee and The Chamber of Commerce in Brno. The archive was supposed to collect and process all the materials concerned with Moravian industrial history. It was settled in the premises of Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum. The operation of TMB has always included organizing exhibitions and expositions as well. Expositions have been held since 1969 when the first one, called “Water power- supply” came into being. The restitution laws radical change the Technical Museum. It lost the main building (Former St. Voršila’s castle on the corner of Orlí and Josefská streets in Brno). There was however, the continued possibility to rent the castle until 2001. Despite this fact, a decision to leave the castle was made in years 1995–1996 due to its static malfunction. As a result, the majority of expositions, exhibitions, club-rooms, a lecture hall and workrooms were destroyed or removed to other temporary rented premises. The program of salvation and protection that was designed by the museum management in 1996-1997 was divided into three phases. Within the first and second phases, reconstruction and rebuilding of the newly gained edifice in Královo Pole was performed. New grounds enabling smooth removal of the museum were obtained as well. In the third phase the museum collections were secured for all intents and purposes, namely deposition, conservation and protection from various kinds of harmful substances.
Original use – basic description
| Original use |
The building was originally used for the production of integrated circuit for the countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
| Area | 2 ha |
| Type of site | museum |
Current state – basic description
| Current use | Function- cultural, scientific, educational, methodological and collections |
| % of built-up area | About 12,5 % |
| State of Environment | No contamination |
| New use from | 2005 |
| Total costs | 10 mil. EUR |
| Owner of site | Ministry of culture |
Contact to stakeholders
| Owner of site |
Ministry of culture CR Maltezske nam.1 118 11 Prague Telephone: 267085111 |
| Local public administration |
Technickal museum Brno Purkynova 105 612 00 Brno - Královo Pole Telephone : 541 421 411 |
| Investors participating at redevelopment |
Redevelopment of new technical museum was covered by the specific program - Compensation the restitutions of objects Ministerstvo kultury ČR Maltezske nam.1 118 11 Prague Telephone: 267085111 |
| NGOs | No NGOs involved |
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