Due to repairs, there will be limited tours of Pardubice Castle for two years

Pardubice - From March 25, the Renaissance knight's halls and the Chapel of the Three Kings at the Pardubice Castle will be closed. During the next two years, the castle will undergo extensive reconstruction costing approximately 120 million crowns. Special farewell tours of the knight's halls are scheduled for March 24, announced spokeswoman of the East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice, Kateřina Procházková Skůpová.

"On the last day, visitors will be guided to not only the Mázhaus, Vojtěch Hall, Column Hall, and the chapel, but exceptionally also to the castle's lookout tower," said the director of the East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice, Tomáš Libánek. Tours will take place at 10:00, 11:00, 14:00, and 16:00. Interested parties must make a reservation.

In the castle palace, builders will address long-standing issues with the structural-technical condition of the monument and prepare spaces for the establishment of a new exhibition titled Pernštejn Residence - the oldest Renaissance in Bohemia. They will modify surfaces and floor compositions, repair damaged plaster sections, and restore stone elements. The general concept for the long-term presentation of Pardubice Castle as the Pernštejn residence was proposed by three prominent Czech architects, Josef Pleskot, Ladislav Lábus, and Petr Všetečka.

During the reconstruction, exhibitions "Pardubice - the story of the city" and the archaeological exhibition "Against the Flow of Time" will remain accessible to the public. The glass exhibition will also be open until further notice. The East Bohemian Museum also offers tours of the civil defense shelter, the castle complex, the historical core of the city, or a walk around modern architecture buildings in Pardubice.