Primary School Exhibition
Classroom, school office and teacher’s room of the turn of 19th and 20th cent.
The term “Primary school” originally stood for folk and national school comprising lower grades (1st – 5th grade) which was established in accordance with school law of 1869 and 1883. The Primary School Exhibition in the premises of the former Kozlovicke bailiff’s house was inspired by the fact that in the original wooden cottage that used to stand at this very location, the so-called Trivial School was opened in 1785, where three basic subjects were taught: writing, counting and religion.
Upon entering the left tract of the building, suddenly, as if by
a whip of a cane (indeed, a requisite exhibit on display), you find yourself at
the turn of the 19th and 20th century. In the centre of the classroom you can
find original wooden bentwood benches produced by the Mimoň factory of D. G.
Fischel Söhne. Scientific and geographical pictures on the walls, esp.
remarkable collections of Amerling’s didactic images published in 1850 –
1865 provide the exhibition with a high degree of authenticity. The discipline
in the class is guarded by a crucifix (consecrated by the bishop of
Ostrava-Opava F. V. Lobkowicz on the occasion of the ceremonial opening of the
Museum in 2006) and the image of the monarch.
The atmosphere of the period is palpable also in the office of the primary school teacher and his private apartment. Nevertheless, you can meet the teacher in person – in a “demonstrative lesson on national history” ordered by arrangement – or in the form of an incredibly lifelike figure reading through national prints.
