The Military Technical Museum Lešany
Vojenské technické muzeum Lešany
The famous Pink Tank IS-2 at the entrance to the museum
Military Museum Lešany is located in Czech Republic
Military Museum Lešany
Location of the museum within Czech Republic
Established1996
LocationLešany, Central Bohemian Region,  Czech Republic
Coordinates49°51′18″N 14°32′38″E / 49.855°N 14.544°E / 49.855; 14.544
TypeMilitary museum
OwnerMilitary History Institute Prague
Public transit accessKrhanice train station
Nearest parkingOn site (no charge)
Websitewww.vhu.cz

Military Technical Museum Lešany (Czech: Vojenské technické muzeum Lešany) is a museum of military vehicles located in Lešany in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is part of the Military History Institute Prague together with Aviation Museum Kbely and Army Museum Žižkov.[1] Its exposition contains over 700 historic tanks, cannons, motorcycles, armored vehicles, trucks, military passenger vehicles, missile systems and other military equipment manufactured from 1890 to the present. The museum is open from June to September on weekends and in July and August all days except mondays and is free of charge.[2]

History and presentation

A former Jordanian Chieftain tank during 8th 'Tank Day' at the dynamic display arena

The museum was established in 1996 in a former artillery barracks in the municipality of Lešany, near Týnec nad Sázavou.[3] The collections are presented in ten halls, six roofed areas and also in the open air. The exposition is presented in themed manner like separate Artillery hall with Škoda cannons and howitzers, pre WWII Czechoslovak Army, WWII North Africa theme, Czechoslovat signal corps theme hall or Czechoslovak Army missiles presented in separate hall. Since 2003, a so-called "Tank Day" is held every year at the end of the summer season (usually last Saturday of summer vacation) in the area of the museum, where many of the tanks and other military vehicles from the museum's collection are presented in dynamic displays.[4] The presentations also include vehicles from military car clubs and clubs of military history from Czechia. The Army of the Czech Republic also participates in these events, therefore current military equipment of the Czech Army can also be seen on display. There are also events at the beginning of every season (in May) which are usually dedicated to other branches of ground equipment, like "Artillery day", "AAA day", "Tatra day", etc or to anniversaries of the Army of Czech Republic.[5] Since 2021 the museum also have part of the Berlin wall as part of the exhibition.[6]

The collection

WWI and the interwar period

World War II: Axis

World War II: Allies and Neutral Powers

Cold War: East

Cold War: West

Modern

  • featuring for example: T-72M3CZ prototype, HMMWV, Toyota Hilux SCV

References

  1. "Základní informace o Vojenském historickém ústavu Praha". vhu.cz (in Czech). VHU Praha. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. The official museum website (Czech)
  3. "Vojenské technické muzeum Lešany". do-muzea.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. "Military Technical Museum Lešany". www.vltava-river.com. Central Bohemian Tourism Center. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. Všetečka, Roman. "Vojenské muzeum v Lešanech slaví 20 let české armády". idnes.cz (in Czech). iDnes. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. Šiška, Martin (21 January 2021). "Kus Berlínské zdi bude i v Lešanech: Muzeum chystá unikátní převoz". czdefence.cz (in Czech). CZ Defence. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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