Pomegranate Museum in Prague

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The Pomegranate Museum in Prague is located in the heart of the city, in the Jewish Quarter. The Magic Garnet Museum was opened not so long ago, in 2009, and it is not great at all, but year after year it keeps a stable interest of tourists. Here you can learn more about mining a grenade, about where he meets, and what is done with him, about the types of cut and the history of the most famous stones. And, of course, the most interesting thing is to see dozens of pomegranate ornaments from the earliest times to the present day.

Garnet is one of the Czech must have. The fact is that only in the northern Bohemian town of Turnov, grenades are categorically red. In addition, pomegranate (or pyrope, as its name here) is the only precious stone that is generally mined in the country. Mining and grenades started here in the 16th century, and a couple of centuries later Turnov stones were known almost to the whole world.

Grenades were mined and started to be mined in Turnov in the 16th century, and a couple of centuries later Turnov stones were are known almost to the whole world

The exposition of the museum is divided into several sections . In the first one one can learn about ancient antiquity and the history of "garnet" in the Czech Republic, how the jewelry industry developed, and what natural, . At the next stage of the survey, you can find out Such sacred and magical properties were attributed to a grenade, and in what respect this pebble was found by medieval alchemists . Finally, the last part of the exhibition is made up of the exhibits moved here from the church in Třeboницеnica, the first garnet museum in the Czech Republic . Among them there is family treasures of noble families .

In the Prague museum you can see not only grenades. More precisely, not only those stones that we used to call grenades, but also the set of "children" of this interesting family of minerals. In particular, these are the Tanzanian almandines, red rhodolites, orange spessartines, uvarovites and hessonites, grossulars of yellow hues and green squares, honey-brown andradites and black melanites.

Each visitor of the museum receives a small garnet as a present at the end of the inspection.

Pomegranates in Prague can be bought for life, all colors of the rainbow and from many countries of the world, including South Africa and China - only not from the Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic, pomegranates are really not so much. Those who want to be reinforced concrete confident and are looking for products of the famous factory in Turnov, you need to go to the brand shops. One is located on the Old Msta (28 Dluga St.), and the second one is near the Pomegranate Museum, on the street. Panska, 1.

At the museum there is a small shop where you can buy pomegranate jewelry. Many of them are repeating the design of the famous garnet jewelry.

Pomegranate Museum in Prague

Practical information

Address: st. Panska, 6.

The museum is located in the Prague 1 area, and you can get there by tram (to Jindrisska stop). Walk on foot from the main station of the city - about 10 minutes. The nearest metro station is Mustek A.

Working hours: 10:00 - 20:00 daily

Entrance: 80 CZK (February 2015)

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