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Brandýs nad Orlicí Memorial room of Jan Amos Comenius náměstí Komenského 203, Czech Republic Phone: +420 465 544 211 [email protected] www.mesto-brandys.cz e history of the town is connected to the constitution and expansion of Czech Bre- thren Church. In 1564 Karel Sen. of Žerotín was born there; in the first quarter of the 17th century he provided an asylum to his protégé J. A. Comenius. e „Teacher of Nations“ came to Brandýs probably in autumn 1622 and leſt in 1625 or 1626. His stay in Brandýs is connected with two important events: in 1623 he wrote there his – from artistic point of view – most important work Labyrint svě- ta a ráj srdce (Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart), in 1624 he got married for the second time; his wife Dorota was the daughter of the important Czech Brethren preacher Jan Cyrill. With this marriage he overcame a deep personal crisis due to the loss of the family that he had experienced at the beginning of the period aſter the Battle on the White Hill. e book of marriage con- tracts representing the only relic reminding of Comenius´ stay in Brandýs is the most precious document in the Memorial room of Jan Amos Comenius in the town hall. Přerov Comenius Museum in Přerov Horní náměstí 7, Czech Republic Phone: +420 581 250 531 [email protected] www.prerovmuzeum.cz e Comenius Museum in Přerov is the oldest museum of this kind in the world. anks to its systematic acquisition activity it preserves and presents a valuable collection of Comeniana and books of Czech Brethren. Besides its own scientific and researchers activities, publications and lectures it provides services for researches from all over the world. It carries on the tradition of a narrow co-operation between museums and schools. It provides an initiation programme on Comenius´ life and excursions for university seminars. e museum shows a permanent exhibition on Comenius and a reconstitution of four historical classrooms. In Přerov where Comenius studied and gained his first pedagogical experience, there is his monument, memorial plaque and archaeological site with relicts of the seat of Czech Brethren. Praha J. A. Comenius National Pedagogical Museum and Library Valdštejnská 20, Malá Strana Czech Republic Phone: +420 257 533 455 [email protected] www.npmk.cz e Comenius Museum including a library was founded in 1892 as a result of the efforts of Czech teachers to preserve and document historical traditions of the Czech education system and pedagogy. Since 1991 it has been a state resort museum under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. e museum stages a permanent exhibition entitled „Legacy of J. A. Comenius. Tradi- tions and challenges of Czech education for Europe“. It shows the thousand year history of Czech schools, teachers and education from Middle Ages to the present including the timeless legacy of J. A. Comenius. e main task of the public pedagogical library is to contribute to the study of pedagogy and education system. e National Peda- gogical Museum and Library provide spe- cialised exhibitions, publications, seminars, conferences, accredited programmes, lectu- res and methodical support in the field of education and popularize the pedagogical legacy of J. A. Comenius. Uherský Brod Jan Amos Comenius Museum Přemysla Otakara II. 37, Czech Republic Phone: +420 572 63 22 88-9 [email protected] www.mjakub.cz Since its foundation in 1898, the museum in Uherský Brod concentrates, besides classical topics such as history and ethnography, on the personality of J. A. Comenius. Museum collections contain old prints of its works, items connected to his activities and his personality and related scientific literature. e current name of the museum has been used since 1945. From that moment, comeniological activities are essential for the muse- um. e institution collects Comeniana, stages exhibitions, takes part in comeniological conferences and from 1971 it hosts them and publishes a specialized magazine. e world widest permanent exhibition on Come- nius has been opened to the public since 1992. Jan Amos Comenius Museum is the natural destination of comeniological activities and visits of tourists with cultural interests. Besides the perma- nent exhibition on Comenius it offers the discovery of the rich history and folk culture of the region. Frequent temporary exhibitions and cultural events present also foreign cultures and attractive items of high value. Fulnek Museum of Nový Jičín region / J. A. Comenius Memorial Sborová 80, Czech Republic Phone: +420 556 741 015 [email protected] [email protected] www.muzeumnj.cz e building housing today the Memorial of Jan Amos Comenius is part of the premises of the former Czech Brethren congregation in Fulnek that came into being in 1484. Next to the prayer room there used to be a free school of Czech Brethren, a garden, a cemetery and the house of the ad- ministrator. In 1818–1621, J. A. Comenius held this post; aſter his depar- ture in 1621 the congregation ceased to exist. e subsequent effort of the Capuchin P. Bonaventura during the Recatholisation mission in Fulnek to consecrate the prayer room as a catholic St. Wenceslas Church was unsuc- cessful. In the second half of the 17th century the church lost its purpose and was turned into a granary, later an aristocratic riding hall. In 1619, the burgher of Fulnek, Eliáš Knurr, bought the building and stated in his testament that it should be turned into a hospital for six poor old men. St. Wilgeforta-Chapel was anew consecrated in 1706. e building served ts new purpose until the first third of the 20th century. e current perma- nent exhibition was opened in 1992 on the occasion of the 400th birthday of J. A. Comenius. Strážnice City Museum in Strážnice náměstí Svobody 486, Czech Republic Phone: +420 518 334 155 [email protected] www.straznice-mesto.cz J. A. Comenius Memorial has been situated behind St. Mary´s Church, next to Průžek´s mill, since 1992. e visitors can see foundations of the Czech Brethren church, school and hospital. J. A. Comenius was one of the students of this school and found there his lifelong friend Mikuláš Drabík, later a famous visionary predicting the decline of the Hapsburg family. Comenius published his prophecy in the book Lux in tenebris – Light in Darkness. From the start of 1604 Comenius lived in Strážnice at his aunt´s Zuzana in the today Skalická street. In May 1605, Strážnice and surroundings experienced a devastating invasion of Hungarian insurgents led by the Transylvanian prince Stephen Bocskai. e town suffered considerable damages, it burnt down and many inhabitants died, among them the uncle of Comenius. Aſter the fire in the house of his aunt Comenius leſt for Nivnice and lived at his tutor´s. A part of the per- manent exhibition in the City Museum deals with the school of Czech Brethren and J. A. Comenius. Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem Velké Losiny Rudé armády 321, Czech Republic Phone: +420 583 248 422 [email protected] www.losiny.cz Velké Losiny is a township north of Šumperk, in a picturesque valley of the river Desná, at the foothills of Jeseníky. It dates back to 1351. e history of the place is connected to the Žerotín family that owned it from the mid-15th century. Since that period, the most important historical buildings have been erected: the castle, a paper mill ma- nufacture, a spa, a parish church, and other ecclesiastic and profane buildings. e paper manufacture founded in the late 16th century belongs to the oldest ones in Europe and is still in operation. e building houses a paper museum, a gallery, a shop selling handmade paper and the style restaurant Losín. Velké Losiny spa belongs to the oldest Moravian spas. e nature provided it with healing thermal springs having wholesome effects on locomotive organs, nervous system and skin diseases. Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem 28 Czech Republic Phone: +420 518 331 221 [email protected] www.obecblatnice.cz J. A. Comenius had relatives in Blatnice – Štěpán and Eliáš Komenský (Comeni- us), Jan and Pavel Daremník and nieces; he especially mentions Anna. He also had a vineyard in the village and so had his sister Kateřina. ese vineyards had originally belonged to their father Mar- tin. One can thus presume than Jan used to go to Blatnice vineyards with parents and to see the relatives, later he crossed the village when going for holiday from school in Strážnice where he lived at his aunt´s Zuzana aſter the death of his pa- rents; he also crossed Blatnice when he leſt for Uherský Brod to join his married sisters. Comenius´ journeys List of participating cities and institutions Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem, CZ Brandýs nad Orlicí – Memorial room of Jan Amos Comenius, CZ Brno – Moravian Library, CZ Fulnek – Museum of Nový Jičín region / J. A. Comenius Memorial, CZ Horní Branná, CZ Komňa, CZ Kralice nad Oslavou / Moravian Museum / Memorial of Kralice Bible, CZ Naarden – Comenius Museum en Mausoleum, NL Náměšť nad Oslavou, CZ Nivnice, CZ Prague – J. A. Comenius National Pedagogical Museum and Library, CZ Přerov – Comenius Museum in Přerov, CZ Strážnice – Museum and Local History Association, CZ Uherský Brod – Jan Amos Comenius Museum, CZ Velké Losiny, CZ Vlčice u Trutnova, CZ Žeravice, CZ Map
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Brandýs nad OrlicíMemorial room of Jan Amos Comeniusnáměstí Komenského 203, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 465 544 211 [email protected] www.mesto-brandys.cz
The history of the town is connected to the constitution and expansion of Czech Bre-thren Church. In 1564 Karel Sen. of Žerotín was born there; in the first quarter of the 17th century he provided an asylum to his protégé J. A. Comenius. The „Teacher of Nations“ came to Brandýs probably in autumn 1622 and left in 1625 or 1626. His stay in Brandýs is connected with two important events: in 1623 he wrote there his – from artistic point of view – most important work Labyrint svě-ta a ráj srdce (Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart), in 1624 he got married for the second time; his wife Dorota was the daughter of the important Czech Brethren preacher Jan Cyrill. With this marriage he overcame a deep personal crisis due to the loss of the family that he had experienced at the beginning of the period after the Battle on the White Hill. The book of marriage con-tracts representing the only relic reminding of Comenius´ stay in Brandýs is the most precious document in the Memorial room of Jan Amos Comenius in the town hall.
PřerovComenius Museum in PřerovHorní náměstí 7, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 581 250 [email protected]
The Comenius Museum in Přerov is the oldest museum of this kind in the world. Thanks to its systematic acquisition activity it preserves and presents a valuable collection of Comeniana and books of Czech Brethren. Besides its own scientific and researchers activities, publications and lectures it provides services for researches from all over the world. It carries on the tradition of a narrow co-operation between museums and schools. It provides an initiation programme on Comenius´ life and excursions for university seminars. The museum shows a permanent exhibition on Comenius and a reconstitution of four historical classrooms. In Přerov where Comenius studied and gained his first pedagogical experience, there is his monument, memorial plaque and archaeological site with relicts of the seat of Czech Brethren.
PrahaJ. A. Comenius National Pedagogical Museum and LibraryValdštejnská 20, Malá StranaCzech RepublicPhone: +420 257 533 [email protected]
The Comenius Museum including a library was founded in 1892 as a result of the efforts of Czech teachers to preserve and document historical traditions of the Czech education system and pedagogy. Since 1991 it has been a state resort museum under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. The museum stages a permanent exhibition entitled „Legacy of J. A. Comenius. Tradi-tions and challenges of Czech education for Europe“. It shows the thousand year history of Czech schools, teachers and education from Middle Ages to the present including the timeless legacy of J. A. Comenius. The main task of the public pedagogical library is to contribute to the study of pedagogy and education system. The National Peda-gogical Museum and Library provide spe-cialised exhibitions, publications, seminars, conferences, accredited programmes, lectu-res and methodical support in the field of education and popularize the pedagogical legacy of J. A. Comenius.
Uherský BrodJan Amos Comenius MuseumPřemysla Otakara II. 37, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 572 63 22 [email protected]
Since its foundation in 1898, the museum in Uherský Brod concentrates, besides classical topics such as history and ethnography, on the personality of J. A. Comenius. Museum collections contain old prints of its works, items connected to his activities and his personality and related scientific literature. The current name of the museum has been used since 1945. From that moment, comeniological activities are essential for the muse-um. The institution collects Comeniana, stages exhibitions, takes part in comeniological conferences and from 1971 it hosts them and publishes a specialized magazine. The world widest permanent exhibition on Come-nius has been opened to the public since 1992. Jan Amos Comenius Museum is the natural destination of comeniological activities and visits of tourists with cultural interests. Besides the perma-nent exhibition on Comenius it offers the discovery of the rich history and folk culture of the region. Frequent temporary exhibitions and cultural events present also foreign cultures and attractive items of high value.
FulnekMuseum of Nový Jičín region / J. A. Comenius MemorialSborová 80, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 556 741 [email protected]@muzeumnj.czwww.muzeumnj.cz
The building housing today the Memorial of Jan Amos Comenius is part of the premises of the former Czech Brethren congregation in Fulnek that came into being in 1484. Next to the prayer room there used to be a free school of Czech Brethren, a garden, a cemetery and the house of the ad-ministrator. In 1818–1621, J. A. Comenius held this post; after his depar-ture in 1621 the congregation ceased to exist. The subsequent effort of the Capuchin P. Bonaventura during the Recatholisation mission in Fulnek to consecrate the prayer room as a catholic St. Wenceslas Church was unsuc-cessful. In the second half of the 17th century the church lost its purpose and was turned into a granary, later an aristocratic riding hall. In 1619, the burgher of Fulnek, Eliáš Knurr, bought the building and stated in his testament that it should be turned into a hospital for six poor old men. St. Wilgeforta-Chapel was anew consecrated in 1706. The building served ts new purpose until the first third of the 20th century. The current perma-nent exhibition was opened in 1992 on the occasion of the 400th birthday of J. A. Comenius.
StrážniceCity Museum in Strážnicenáměstí Svobody 486, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 518 334 [email protected]
J. A. Comenius Memorial has been situated behind St. Mary´s Church, next to Průžek´s mill, since 1992. The visitors can see foundations of the Czech Brethren church, school and hospital. J. A. Comenius was one of the students of this school and found there his lifelong friend Mikuláš Drabík, later a famous visionary predicting the decline of the Hapsburg family. Comenius published his prophecy in the book Lux in tenebris – Light in Darkness. From the start of 1604 Comenius lived in Strážnice at his aunt´s Zuzana in the today Skalická street. In May 1605, Strážnice and surroundings experienced a devastating invasion of Hungarian insurgents led by the Transylvanian prince Stephen Bocskai. The town suffered considerable damages, it burnt down and many inhabitants died, among them the uncle of Comenius. After the fire in the house of his aunt Comenius left for Nivnice and lived at his tutor´s. A part of the per-manent exhibition in the City Museum deals with the school of Czech Brethren and J. A. Comenius.
Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem
Velké LosinyRudé armády 321, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 583 248 422 [email protected]
Velké Losiny is a township north of Šumperk, in a picturesque valley of the river Desná, at the foothills of Jeseníky. It dates back to 1351. The history of the place is connected to the Žerotín family that owned it from the mid-15th century. Since that period, the most important historical buildings have been erected: the castle, a paper mill ma-nufacture, a spa, a parish church, and other ecclesiastic and profane buildings. The paper manufacture founded in the late 16th century belongs to the oldest ones in Europe and is still in operation. The building houses a paper museum, a gallery, a shop selling handmade paper and the style restaurant Losín. Velké Losiny spa belongs to the oldest Moravian spas. The nature provided it with healing thermal springs having wholesome effects on locomotive organs, nervous system and skin diseases.
Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem 28Czech RepublicPhone: +420 518 331 221 [email protected]
J. A. Comenius had relatives in Blatnice – Štěpán and Eliáš Komenský (Comeni-us), Jan and Pavel Daremník and nieces; he especially mentions Anna. He also had a vineyard in the village and so had his sister Kateřina. These vineyards had originally belonged to their father Mar-tin. One can thus presume than Jan used to go to Blatnice vineyards with parents and to see the relatives, later he crossed the village when going for holiday from school in Strážnice where he lived at his aunt´s Zuzana after the death of his pa-rents; he also crossed Blatnice when he left for Uherský Brod to join his married sisters.
Comenius´ journeys
List of participating cities and institutionsBlatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem, CZBrandýs nad Orlicí – Memorial room of Jan Amos Comenius, CZBrno – Moravian Library, CZFulnek – Museum of Nový Jičín region / J. A. Comenius Memorial, CZHorní Branná, CZKomňa, CZKralice nad Oslavou / Moravian Museum / Memorial of Kralice Bible, CZNaarden – Comenius Museum en Mausoleum, NLNáměšť nad Oslavou, CZNivnice, CZPrague – J. A. Comenius National Pedagogical Museum and Library, CZPřerov – Comenius Museum in Přerov, CZStrážnice – Museum and Local History Association, CZUherský Brod – Jan Amos Comenius Museum, CZVelké Losiny, CZVlčice u Trutnova, CZŽeravice, CZ
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Vlčice u Trutnova Vlčice 201, Czech Republic Phone: +420 499 899 133, +420 499 899 [email protected]
The oldest mention on Vlčice dates back to 1336. The castle Břecštejn was erected on the place of the former tower house in 1455. A new castle was built directly in Vlčice in the second half of the 16th century. J. A. Comenius visited the castle library in 1627 when he stayed in Třemešná. He studied there writings that inspired him to the first version of his Didaktika česká describing for the first time the principles of modern pedagogy. From Vlčice J. A. Comenius returned to Třemešná. In Febru-ary 1628 he left Bohemia in Černá Voda near Žacléř. Vlčice is proud of the fact that Comenius started to wright his top work there. The cemetery gate at St. Adalbert-Church is accessible to the public and since 1957 it has been bearing a commemorative plaque designed by the Czech sculptor Ladislav Zívr.
NivniceSídliště 1000, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 572 693 [email protected]
The village Nivnice is situated in the south-eastern part of Zlín region, on the foot of White Carpats. Based on numerous proofs it is considered as the birthplace of J. A. Comenius which is commemorated with the memorial plaque on Bartek mill, J.A. Comenius Education library and the Memorial room. Landmark of the place is the church of St. Guardian Engels. Among other monuments there is e.g. the Holy Trinity Chapel and the Sedlec House staging the typical chamber of Nivnice. Social life in the village is animated by the activity of more than twenty associations. The village Nivnice provides its visitors with accommodation of high quality, eating houses and holiday resort „Nivnická riviéra“.
BrnoMoravian LibraryKounicova 65a, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 541 646 111 [email protected] www.mzk.cz
The collection of Comeniana started at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries belongs to important and precious holdings of the Mo-ravian Library Brno. The basis of the collec- tion were 37 volumes from the original holdings of the Francis´ Museum. In 1901, twelve other volumes from the Moravian Archives were added. The growth of the number of book units was made possible thanks to a special yearly subsidy from the Provincial Assembly that enabled purchases on antiquarian markets both in Bohemia and in Europe. Some further copies were obtained from the original holdings of the pedagogical library and from closed collecti-ons (castle and school collections). The rea-ders of the today Moravian Library can find Comenius´ works under the call marks Ks (223 volumes published until 1800) and Kn (746 volumes from 1801–1950).
Kralice nad OslavouMemorial of BibleJinošovská 78, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 568 643 [email protected]
We do not know for sure if J. A. Comenius visited, in the years 1578–1620, the printing house in Kralice nad Oslavou, where the famous Bible of Kralice (in six volumes 1579–1594, in one volume 1596, 1613) was printed. In spite of this fact Kralice belongs to crucial places of memory connected to the activities of Czech Brethren, their famous printing house and the personality of J. A. Comenius. As soon as in 1909 the foundation stone of the Memorial of the Kralice Bible was laid; the Museum Association for the preservation of monuments and prints of Czech Brethren worked there from 1935 and saved several copies of Comenius´works. Activities con-nected with this important place were carried out also in the frame of the Moravian Museum founded in 1817; the museum took over the collections of the Museum Association in 1945 and in the years 1956-1971 it carried out an archaeological research that resulted in the discovery of more than 4000 original printing letters. The Memorial of the Kralice Bible was con-structed in Kralice in 1967–1969.
ŽeraviceŽeravice, Czech Republic Phone: +420 518 626 [email protected]
Žeravice is situated 10 km to the east of Kyjov and has 1039 inhabitants. It was first mentioned in 1235, in 1503 the Czech king Vladislaus II promo-ted Žerovice to a township at the request of lord Tas. Around 1538 Žeravice as one of the main seats of Czech and Moravian Brethren. Synods – con-sultations of seven Elder took place in the township. At the synod held on April 24, 1616 the than 24-year-old Jan Amos Comenius was appointed priest. Today, the memorial and the exhibition of folk art and crafts are to be found on the very place where he was promoted. Other interesting mo-numents in the village: church of St. John´s Beheading from 1722 with the grave of Marie Crestencia of Petrswald, the Baroque St. Barbara´s chapel in the cemetery, the mansion from 1540 (converted into school in 1947) from which only the gable remains, the plague column with the sculptural group of the Holy family, a stone cross in the cemetery and chapels.
Náměšť nad OslavouMinicipal Cultural Centre Masarykovo náměstí 100, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 568 620 [email protected]
The history of the castle is strongly connected to the Utraquist and Czech Brethren culture. In the 1530s the lords of Lomnice housed an Utraquist printing house in the castle where the first Czech grammar book and ABC book were printed. Under the Žerotín family, the printing house of Czech Brethren was moved to the nearby Kralice in 1578 where one of the most valuable works of Czech literature – the Kralice Bible – was printed. After 1613, under Karel Sen. of Žerotín, Náměšť became an important centre of cultural and social life in Moravia. Karel supported strongly Czech Bre-thren and was in contact with J. A. Comenius. He made the facilities of the Kralice printing house moved to Náměšť and protected it against imperial troops in 1620–1621. It was most probably there that the last printer from Kralice Václav Elam printed the booklet J. A. Comenius´ Přemyšlování o dokonalosti křesťanské (Reflections on Christian perfection).
KomňaKomňa 42, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 572 641 [email protected]
Since the 16th century, the community of Komňa has been an important place of the domain of the castle Světlov in Bojkovice. It had a privileged position, especially when the post of the bailiff was held by Jan Segeš, the grandfather of J. A. Comenius. In the period from the late 16th to the early 17th centuries the village became famous thanks to Jan Amos Comenius whose name is con-nected to it forever. In 1950 a memorial to J. A. Comenius designed by the sculptor Julius Pelikán was erected thanks to do-nations of local inhabitants and American compatriots. In 1992, on the occasion of the 400th birthday of J. A. Comenius, Comenius Memorial was inaugurated in the former granary from 1774 and the activity of the Association honouring his memory was restored. The memorial houses a permanent exhibition on the history of the village and on the life of J. A. Comenius.
Horní BrannáHorní Branná, Czech RepublicPhone: +420 481 584 178, +420 481 584 179 [email protected] www.hbranna.cz
In the village Horní Branná in the domain of Václav Záruba of Hustiřany,a small group of Czech Brethren gathered in 1627–1628 and prepared its departure to Leszno in Poland. This event was organized under the auspices of the wife of the domain owner, Angelina Zárubová. J. A. Comenius with his family joined them in 1628. Comenius met there the mentally ill girl Kristina Poniatowska whose prophesies concerning the poor prospects of the evangelicals for the change of the situation delivered during her fits were put down by Comenius and used in his writings published in Holland. To commemorate J. A. Comenius, a me-morial was inaugurated in the castle of Branná in September 1957 and a commemorative bronze plaque designed by the sculptor Karel Pešata from Jablonec nad Nisou was placed on the frontage of the castle.
Project Comenius´ journeys
Jan Amos Comenius – undeniably one of the eminent personalities of Czech history – belongs to the Pantheon of European greats. In the domain of comeniology, much has been done in the last decades, ne-vertheless the interconnection of all places connected to the activities of J. A. Comenius in the Czech Lands for the purpose of common po-pularizing, touristic and educational co-operation and presentation of the given topic within the project Comenius´ journeys starts a new stage of co-operation in the field of the presentation of the personality and work of J. A. Comenius.
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Gemeente Naarden, The NetherlandsRaadhuisstraat 2, NL-1411 EC NaardenPhone: +31 035 695 781 1http://www.naarden.nl
Kloosterstraat 33, NL-1411 RS NaardenThe NetherlandsPhone: +31 356 943 045
Comenius Museum en Mausoleum
The city of Naarden with 17 000 inhabitants in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is the place of the eternal rest of Jan Amos Co-menius. The historical city centre lies in the picturesque compound of the former star-shaped fortress. The grave Comenius´ in the former monastic chapel, later an evangeli-cal church, is arranged with reverence and accessible through the Comenius Muse-um situated next-door. The decoration of the chapel comes from the 1930s and is a work of eminent Czech plastic artists. The museum reminds of Comenius´ impor-tance in a permanent exhibition including an interactive computer programme and a movie providing a lot of information on this famous personality. In other exhibition rooms there are temporary exhibitions connected to Comenius´ personality and work. A memorial with Comenius´ statue designed by Vincenc Makovský is to be found next to the main church of Naarden.
