This year, the Centre of Building Heritage of the National Technical Museum will fully participate in the programme of the traditional Plasz pilgrimage “Na Královnu” and will welcome visitors to the newly opened premises for the first DAY OF BUILDING WORKS.

The premises of the farm yard, which have already hosted participants of various professional courses and workshops, will be opened to visitors, but have remained a bit of a mystery to the general public until now. “A unique historical plumbing shop, which will certainly impress you with its sophistication and functionality, a forge with indoor and outdoor furnaces and a non-ferrous metal foundry will be in operation. Master blacksmiths, founders and plumbers will show you that working with metal can be an art as well as a ‘fortel’. You will have the opportunity to observe the unique work of carpenters who will use traditional methods to prepare parts of a historic crane,” says Pavel Kodera, head of the CSD Plasy NTM.

Visitors will also be able to look under the hand of a master brickmaker and rope maker, and a stained glass manufacturer will introduce them to finer work. Two lime kilns will show how the lime was fired, and there will also be a demonstration of the laying of the slate roof.

It will also be possible to see a unique exhibition of building and historical research, which is part of the farmyard. This exposition is intended especially for those for whom old buildings are a challenge to discover the context, who want to learn to read them and look for forgotten meanings.

ROLLS-ROYCE CAR SHOW:
The National Technical Museum wants to delight the visitors of the Plaska Pilgrimage not only with historic buildings but also with other treasures of technology, and has therefore arranged a parade of historic Rolls-Royce cars. Their beauty and technical perfection can be admired in front of the former brewery building, which houses the Exposition of Civil Engineering.

Mgr. Adam Dušek
Head of PR and Public Relations
Email: adam.dusek@ntm.cz
Mob: +420 774 426 828
National Technical Museum
Kostelní 42, 170 78, Prague 7

Mgr. Pavel Kodera, Ph.D.
Project Coordinator Centre of Building Heritage in Plasy
Email: pavel.kodera@ntm.cz
Tel.: 373 300 734 / mobile: 777 190 734
National Technical Museum CSD,
Pivovarská 5, 331 01 Plasy