On 22 June 2019, the NTM Plasy Building Heritage Centre will be enlivened by a spectacular event called “The Carriage Festival or to the praise and glory of nineteen crafts.” Visitors will see historic carriages being assembled, hitched and driven, enjoy a rich programme and an evening fireworks display. The celebration is part of the Summer Baroque Festival of the Pilsen Region and was prepared by the National Technical Museum in cooperation with the Museum of Carriages in Bohemia pod Kosířem

As part of the popular Summer Baroque Festival of the Pilsen Region, this year the National Technical Museum’s Centre of Building Heritage in Plasy will host an event called “Carriage Festival or to the praise and glory of nineteen crafts.” The programme of the festival will take place in the environment of the economic part of the Baroque monastery of Plasy, where there is an exceptional space for demonstrations of period crafts and activities. The event will delight young and adult visitors alike, who will be able to learn about the crafts associated with the construction and operation of historic carriages and the work of the stablemen who look after the horses. A rich programme is prepared to give the festivities a period context. A horse-drawn carriage carrying a historical figure will be accompanied by a military regiment to the sound of drums and a baroque fireworks display will conclude the event.

NTM Director General Karel Ksandr says: “I am very pleased that this year’s carriage festival will be presented at our Centre of Building Heritage in Plasy. The National Technical Museum has participated in several events in the castle park in Bohemia pod Kosířem, which the Carriage Museum regularly organises, and I can confirm that the programme will be excellent.”

PROGRAMME SATURDAY 22 JUNE 2019
– 14:00 – start of the programme
tour of the stables and demonstration of the care of noble horses by stable hands, preparation of craftsmen
– 16:00 – main afternoon programme
ceremonial arrival of a prominent historical figure accompanied by noble company, a Hulan regiment and a drum orchestra, unhitching of the horses, setting out of the court carriage with demonstrations by masters of crafts
– 16:00 – main evening programme
setting up the carriage, four-horse team, lighting of fires and night training of the Hulan regiment, drum orchestra, baroque fireworks
– 22:00 – end of the programme

The programme is prepared in cooperation with the Museum of Carriages in Bohemia pod Kosířem.
The event is financially supported by the Pilsen Region and is held as part of the Summer Baroque Festival of the Pilsen Region – www.zapadoceskebaroko.cz.
Centre of Building Heritage Plasy NTM
Pivovarská 5, 331 01 Plasy
www.muzeum-plasy.cz

NTM Press Release 11 June 2019
Mgr. Adam Dušek
Head of PR and Public Relations Department
Email: adam.dusek@ntm.cz
Mob: +420 774 426 828
National Technical Museum
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