In the open-air museum in Vysoký Chlumec, four new buildings are being created

Vysoký Chlumec (Příbramsko) - In the open-air museum in Vysoký Chlumec in the Příbram region, where the most endangered buildings of the central Povltaví are being relocated, four more structures are being built. This year, a historical water mill from Radešice, a log house from Jiví, a barn from Mašov, and a hayloft from the Brdy military district began construction. Some of them will be exceptionally open for visitors to see next year, said Josef Velfl, director of the Mining Museum Příbram, which manages the open-air museum.
    Construction work was interrupted this week and will resume at the beginning of January. According to Velfl, the rough construction of the barn from Mašov is finished, which will be the entrance structure to the open-air museum. "It already has a ticket office and information center, it is under a roof, there are floors, and some work in the interior is being completed," he described. The water mill is also under a roof, and its technological background will now be addressed. The house from Jiví already has a basic masonry structure and its log portion is starting to be built. The foundations for the hayloft are also ready, and its log section will begin to be placed on them in January.
    "We must complete the buildings by the end of May next year. Then their approval will take place, and subsequently, we will prepare the interiors," added Velfl. Visitors who come to the open-air museum during next season will be able to see the new structures from the outside; during selected occasions, the museum will also allow access inside. They will be officially opened in 2011. The transportation of the four structures to the open-air museum will cost 26 million crowns, funded by the European Union and the museum's founder, which is the Central Bohemia Region.
    Folk buildings that would have disappeared from their original locations are being relocated to the Vysoký Chlumec open-air museum. In the natural area in the valley of the stream are historical agricultural homesteads, cottage and small house buildings, agricultural structures, technical buildings powered by water, and small sacred objects, most of which come from the 18th to the early 20th century. The museum offers 11 buildings for viewing, and in the future, there could be up to 25.
    The Mining Museum Příbram was established in 1886 and is the largest mining museum in the Czech Republic. It has over 40 permanent exhibitions in historic, monument-preserved buildings of the Ševčinský, Vojtěšský, Anenský, and Drkolnovský mines and in a mining cottage in Příbram. In addition to the Vysoký Chlumec open-air museum, its branches include the Vojna Memorial, the Prostřední Lhota Barn Museum, and the Gold Museum in Nový Knín. Last year, it was visited by 108,000 paying visitors, and this year's attendance is expected to be similar.