The Museum of the Bohemian Paradise in Turnov has the exhibition Crowns of Emperors and Kings with copies of coronation jewels by the goldsmith Jiří Urban.

Muzeum Českého ráje v Turnově. Na fotce jsou dva památkově chráněné domy (čp. 70 a čp. 71), 2009
Muzeum Českého ráje v Turnově. Na fotce jsou dva památkově chráněné domy (čp. 70 a čp. 71), 2009Foto: M.Rejha, 2009 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Museum of the Bohemian Paradise in Turnov has presented several jewellery works by the Turnov goldsmith Jiří Urban, for example copies of the Crown of St. Stephen and the Napoleonic crown. They are part of the exhibition Crowns of Emperors and Kings [1].

From 29 October to 29 November 2026 the museum displays a new reliquary of St. Wenceslas, which Urban made for the basilica in Stará Boleslav. For this period it takes the place of the Crown of Saint Wenceslas in the exhibition. Marcela Beranová of the museum said the museum was able to borrow the reliquary thanks to the kindness of the Stará Boleslav chapter. The reliquary has the form of the chest and head of St. Wenceslas, is more than seventy centimetres tall, and according to Liberecká Drbna Urban used eight kilograms of silver on it. [1] After the exhibition ends it will return to Stará Boleslav [1][2].

The saint's face was modelled by the sculptor Petr Vogel, the individual parts were cast by Josef Syrový and the Jablonec jeweller Vladimír Komňacký helped finish the details. [1]

The relic of St. Wenceslas is kept in a small medallion on the saint's chest. [1]

In October 2026 the museum's Stonemason's House hosted the 28th year of the international symposium of contemporary jewellery, and the results of the creative week have been on display in the museum since 15 October until 29 November 2026. [3]

From the end of September 2026 the museum held an Experimental Archaeology Week, during which admission on Saturday, 3 October 2026, was free on the occasion of International Archaeology Day. [4]

Chronology

  • — The Český ráj Museum in Turnov will display from 29 October to 29 November 2026 the new reliquary of Saint Wenceslas, an eight-kilogram treasure of silver and precious stones made by goldsmith Jiří Urban. → Liberecká Drbna Český rozhlas Liberec
  • — The UNESCO Global Geoparks Council decided to exclude the Český ráj Geopark, based in Turnov; it will lose the designation at the end of 2026, and according to its director Jana Lebedová it did not convince the council that it had resolved the problem of the sale of precious stones of unclear origin. ČTK / České noviny Novinky.cz

Sources

  1. Liberecká Drbna
  2. Český rozhlas Liberec
  3. Český rozhlas Liberec — 13 October 2026
  4. Český rozhlas Liberec — 30 September 2026