The beginnings of the Museum of the Vyškov Region’s collections date back to the 1890s when because of preparations for the Prague Ethnographic Exhibition, the Ethnographic Department was first established, and in 1893, the Ethnographic Association was founded.
In 1911, Prof. Josef Tvrdý honoured the collections with a successful exhibition of folk pottery from the Vyškov Region. In 1923, thanks to Prof. Vojtěch Procházka, a town museum opened in the building of burgher schools, and in 1931, it moved to the former Jewish temple in the square. Since May 1954, thanks to MUDr. Jan Zháněl, the museum has been located in the old wing of the Vyškov Chateau, which was renovated at that time.
Currently, the collections of the Museum of the Vyškov Region count over 130,000 pieces. The museum has exhibition halls in the main building, where short-term exhibitions are organised. Longer-term exhibitions are housed in St. Anne’s Chapel. A depository in Dědice is used to store more space-intensive collections. The Bučovice Museum is a detached workplace of the Museum of the Vyškov Region.
