In the basic tour you will learn about the history and constructional development of the hospital, you will learn everything important about the personality of Count Franz Anton von Sporck and about the original purpose of the whole complex - the hospitable activity of the Merciful Brothers.
The main tour will guide you through the interior of Kuks Hospital, e.g. the main hospital ward, Holy Trinity Church, the vestry, the courtyard and the Baroque apothecary´s „The Pomegranates“. At the model of the Kuks valley, the history of the entire unique baroque complex is explained; paintings and other exhibits present the life and personality of its founder, Franz Anton von Sporck, and the history of the Brothers Hospitallers who cared for the hospital patients. In the lapidarium, you will see the unique collection of allegories of Virtues and Vices, original sculptures by the most famous Czech Baroque sculptor Matthias Bernard Braun.
Lékárna U Granátového jablka
Boční kaple
Lékárna U Granátového jablka
Tanec smrti
Lapidárium
Místnost s modelem
Kostel Nejsvětější Trojice
This tour is only guided. If you want english guide, reserve date and time on this e-mail: falta.theodor@npu.cz. If you will come without reservation, you will be added to a Czech group and the cashier lend you text in foreign language (English, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, French, Italian or Russian).
Hospital tour is barrier-free.
| Period | Days | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 2. 11.-24. 11. | sat–sun | 9.00 – 16.00 |
| 25. 11.-31. 12. | closed |
The exposition of the Czech Pharmaceutical Museum called “The Magic of Apathy” presents the development of pharmacies from the Baroque to the 20th century and other areas of pharmacy such as research, education or military pharmacy.
this tour is available today 9.00 – 16.00
120 CZK (full admission)
duration 30 minutes
max. 35 people
reservation needed for groups only Reserve
In the vaulted area of the crypt of the Church of the Holy Trinity, you will learn about the story of buried members of the Sporck family.
this tour is available today 9.00 – 16.00
80 CZK (full admission)
duration 15 minutes
max. 50 people
reservation needed for groups only Reserve
The only non-guided exhibiton of the Czech Pharmaceutical Museum called “From the apathy to the factory” on the ground floor of the hospital shows the production of medicinal products from the pharmacy to industrial production in factories.
this tour is not available today
80 CZK, without guide (full admission)
duration 30 minutes
max. 35 people
reservation needed for groups only Reserve