The Military Technical Museum Lešany

The Military Technical Museum Lešany

Military Technical Museum Lešany

The Military Technical Museum of the Military History Institute Prague has been located since 1996 in the former artillery barracks between Krhanice and Lešany, near Týnec nad Sázavou. Currently, the exposition contains over 350 historic tanks, cannons, motorcycles, armored vehicles, trucks and military passenger vehicles, manufactured in the period from 1890 up to present. The collections are presented in 10 halls, 6 roofed areas and also in the open air.

By the quantity and contents of its collection, with many items unique in the world, the museum is one of the most important European institutions of its kind. The unique part is particularly the collection of the Czechoslovak military transport vehicles from 1918 to 1939, and the collection of Škoda cannons. By the concept of the exposition, the museum follows new trends of presentation of technical collections. From the very start, the museum has followed the pattern of British museums that set the trends in the current development of the museology. Regular replacements of the exhibits every year, their impressive presentation in motion, and the gradual improvement of the exhibition areas – all that helps the visitors better understand the issues of the Czechoslovak military technical history. Every year, when the museum opens as well as during the summer season (every last saturday in August - Tank day), our LEŠANY ARENA hosts numerous events presenting the historic technology in motion.

The museum is open during the summer season in the following hours:

  • In June 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM (weekends only)
  • In July and August 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM (daily except mondays)
  • Admission is free of charge

How to get to the museum:

Car:
1) Prague - highway D1 direct to Brno - exit Velké popovice - Babice - Lešany u Týnce nad Sázavou
2) Prague– direction Jesenice - Jílové u Prahy - Kamenný Přívoz - Prosečnice - Krhanice - Lešany.

Train: Take the ride from the railway station Praha Hlavní nádraží, or Praha Vršovice, or Praha Bráník, direction Týnec nad Sázavou, to the Krhanice station, and then walk 500 meters over the bridge to the museum (the popular Sázava Pacific Line goes through the picturesque valley of the Sázava River).

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