The first written record dates back to 1238. The town is situated at an altitude of 284 metres. We have a car camp, a museum, a theatre group, a kindergarten and a primary school and an athletic stadium. We organize sports and cultural events.

An example of an old timbered school building.

In the premises of the former agricultural cooperative, a rural museum was built from the donations of fellow citizens. There are historical exhibitions of agriculture, crafts, laundry, spinning, spinning, sewing, ABC paper models, cribs, rimmed floors, retro exhibition, toy shop and military history exhibition.

The town museum in the old town hall on the square in Úpice offers a permanent exhibition on the life of the Čapek family in Úpice, a gallery of paintings by Julia Winter Mezerová, an ethnographic exhibition, a collection of weapons and fragments from Vízmburk Castle. The Municipal Museum also operates the NKP DřeveĚNKA from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.

The House of Bozena Nemcova in Červený Kostelec is managed by the local municipal cultural centre. During the summer season, pleasant summer evenings with music and wine are held in the garden of the house.

We operate a town museum, which includes exhibitions of ethnography, the 1775 Peasant Uprising, mining in the Podkrkonoše region and Rtyň music. The expositions include an educational trail through mining monuments.

We operate the first and only museum in the world with the graphic works of Michael Heinrich Rentz (1698-1758), who lived and worked in Kuks from 1722 and is one of the European masters of Baroque book illustration.

Operation of the exhibition of collections of medicines and pharmaceutical products. The museum can also serve the educational needs of pharmacy schools. The exhibition also contains collections of photographs, posters, advertising prints and pharmaceutical diplomas.

A cross-sectional exhibition documenting the development of firefighting technology in the Czech lands from roughly the mid-19th century to the second half of the 20th century.

An extensive collection where you can enjoy the oldest velocipedes, racing bikes from the 20th century, and famous bikes known from movies of recent years. Also on display are a variety of bicycle accessories, spare parts, trophies, period photographs and printed material.

We operate the Čapek Brothers Museum. The first floor presents publications, correspondence, samples of feuilletons, original drawings from travelogues or family photographs by Karel Čapek, while the second floor displays 20 oil paintings that are a cross-section of Josef Čapek's entire oeuvre.

The museum currently presents over 110 Czechoslovak touring, four-stroke and sport motorcycles from 1934 to 2004 and is connected with an exhibition of historical toys from 1890 to 1985, dolls and prams, scooters and wooden toys. A new exhibition of collecting in all its forms. Come and hang out.

We offer a permanent exhibition of Jaroměř natives and a sample of Gočár's furniture making. We focus on organizing occasional historical and art exhibitions. Wheelchair access to the museum.