Collections
Collection of Ostrava museum
Recorded in Central registry of museum-type collections(CES)- Owner: Statutární město Ostrava
- Manager: Ostravské muzeum, Masarykovo náměstí 1, Ostrava 728 41
The collections of the Ostrava Museum comprise about 300 000 inventory number, objects of a significant historical value and contain many-times higher number of individual objects. The wides part consists of the society science collection, comprising:
- prehistorical archeological findings from the surroundings of Ostrava
- historical and art historical objects – furniture, glass, china, ceramics, clocks, numismatics, painting and sculpture, weapons, tin etc.
- ethnographic objects – painted furniture, work tools, costumes, glass pictures, plastics
- musical history – serious music, folklore art, history of Ostrava dramatic art.
Natural sciences are represented by the collection as follows:
- entomologic – beatles and butterflies
- geological – minerals, rocks and unique paleontologic carbon collection of Mr. V. Šusta
- botanic – herbariums, mushrooms
- zoological – stuffed birds and mammals, preparations of amphibians and fish..
A rich library with ancient printed materials and photoarchive with photos and picture cards of ancient Ostrava forms a separate part of the museum.
Subcollections
Archeology
Boutique
Photo
Geology
Militaria
Musicology and theater studies
Numismatics
Glass and ceramics
Textile
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