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Museum Fotoatelier Seidel

Museum fotoateliér Seidel Museum fotoateliér Seidel

Linecká 272
38101 Český Krumlov
Contact: Petr Hudičák

Telephone: +420 380 712 354

E-mail: info@seidel.cz
WWW: www.seidel.cz

Location: Český Krumlov
Type: Municipal architecture; Technical monuments; Museums; Galleries; Guided tours

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Offered services:

  • Ticket and other booking
  • On-line ticket booking
  • Public toilets
  • Renting of the rooms
  • Touristic souveniers for sale


Welcome in the Museum Fotoatelier Seidel! In unique place where tradition of photography sprang up in the 19th century, in place where Time stood still.

The Josef and Frantisek Seidels' studio exposition will surprise by its authenticity, its wealth of unique period images, post-cards and glass-plate negatives, and the well-preserved, functioning cameras, enlargers and darkroom equipment. This outstanding collection is enhanced even further by Seidel's personal notes, diaries, cutomer records, and the original furniture and fixtures in the house.

Accessibility by road:
The Museum Fotoatelier Seidel is located in the pedestrina zone, about 5 minutes walk from P3 parking lot.



Tour of the museum

Dates from - to Tour duration Last tour
01.01.2010 - 31.12.2010   (Mo-Su) 09:00 - 12:00 00:55 hour 11:00 hour
01.01.2010 - 30.04.2010   (Mo-Su) 13:00 - 17:00 00:55 hour 16:00 hour
01.05.2010 - 30.09.2010   (Mo-Su) 13:00 - 18:00 00:55 hour 17:00 hour
01.10.2010 - 31.12.2010   (Mo-Su) 13:00 - 17:00 00:55 hour 16:00 hour

Muzeum Fotoateliér Seidel, Český Krumlov, foto Lubor Mrázek Museum fotoateliér Seidel

The tours take place every hour except 12:00 AM.

Within the tour you will see many things not only from a world of photogrphy but also from living at czech-austrian-german borderland at the turn of 19th and 20th century and in the 1st half of 20th century.

The house with the photo studio itself is an architectural gem. The reception room, private bedroom and a small living room of the last inhabitants of the house, the married couple of Marie and František Seidel. Authentic, carefully restored, furniture, lab and a room for daylight photo copying, various technical equipments like a paper scissors, a photo press, a hand-oprated printer, magnifiers, copiers and polishing machines, hand-operated printer to print the back sides of photografphs...

That all and many more waits for you in the Museum Fotoatelier Seidel.

Possibilities: Guided tour, Possibility to arrange a tour out of the opening hours, Possibility of EUR payment

Type of offer: for individuals and groups

Number of person in the tour: to 20

Possibility of reservation: for individuals and groups

Number of person in/for the reservation: from 2 to 20

Tour with a guide: Czech, German, English

Lending of reading material available: Czech, German, English

Further Information: The Museum Fotoatelier Seidel Demonstrates the Skills of Czech Craftmens and Resotrers [PDF 169 kB]


Price list

Adults   130 CZK
Children up to 15 years old   50 CZK
Students up to 26 years old, Seniors   80 CZK


Tour of the museum - Family admission fee

Dates from - to Tour duration Last tour
01.01.2010 - 31.12.2010   (Mo-Su) 09:00 - 12:00 00:55 hour 11:00 hour
01.01.2010 - 30.04.2010   (Mo-Su) 13:00 - 17:00 00:55 hour 16:00 hour
01.05.2010 - 30.09.2010   (Mo-Su) 13:00 - 18:00 00:55 hour 17:00 hour
01.10.2010 - 31.12.2010   (Mo-Su) 13:00 - 17:00 00:55 hour 16:00 hour

Museum Fotoatelier Seidel offers a special admission fee for families with children.

Possibility of reservation: only for groups

Number of person in/for the reservation: from 3 to 6


Price list

Family (2 adults, up to 4 children)   280 CZK


Tip for gift - Large Format Calendar 2010 from Fotoatelier Seidel


Large Format Calendar 2010 from Fotoatelier Seidel

The whole year 2010 can you or your loved ones spend the imagery of Cesky Krumlov. Museum Photo Studio Seidel selected and prepared images for a large wall monthly calendar.

You can buy it at the museum box office.

Phone orders at +420 380 712 354 and or e-mail info@seidel.cz


Price list

Calendar 2010 from Fotoatelier Seidel   149,-CZK