The ruins of Frýdštejn castle is one of the three castles of the Jablonec district. The first mention dates back to 1385. The castle was written about in Karolina Světlá's book "About Krejčíkovic Anežka". The ruins of the castle were used for filming the movies About Princess Jasněnka and the Flying Shoemaker and Murder in Our Own Way.
We run a permanent exhibition focusing on the history and present of gemstone processing and jewellery making. We also offer an exhibition of stonemasonry and glassmaking, an archaeological and mineralogical exhibition. A new climbing exhibition has also been added. We offer rentals for cultural and commercial activities.
We offer a demonstration of a village dwelling, an exhibition of agricultural or handicraft tools and the history of mills and milling in the region. The fairy tale Rumplcimprcampr was filmed on the farm. We publish a museum quarterly. We organise social and cultural events.
Organisation of cultural programmes. In addition to the seasonal exhibitions, there are two exhibitions: loans of original Turnov decorations on Torah scrolls from the Jewish Museum in Prague and archaeological findings from the medieval house that used to stand on the site of the synagogue.
The information centre is located in the House of Jana and Josef V. Scheybal's house, which also houses the MY Municipal Gallery and the attic exhibition space.
A permanent exhibition hall open all year round, which hosts exhibitions of fine art, regional cultural history and local history in the Scheybal House of Ethnographers.
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During the year you can see exhibitions on various themes in the museum. The current offer can be found on the website. The museum also manages a permanent exhibition of medicine and organises a visit to the Church of St. Peter and Paul with a view of Semily from the church tower from June to September.
Museum operations. Organizing exhibitions of photographs, paintings, tapestries, sculptures. The permanent exhibition contains period objects, photographs and maps, presents the historical development of the town, points out interesting places and buildings, commemorates important personalities.