Masaryk Museum — Attraction in okres Hodonín

The staff of the museum is very competent and kind. The place itself is well kept and informative however the randomly asked people in Hodonín did not about the location and the museum itself. For us Hungarians, Masaryk is not a positive figure because he was actively linked to the split of the Hungarian Kingdom including incorporating huge Hungarian populated territories into the newly established Czechoslovakia by deception. The new state had to invent the category of the "Czechoslovak" nation because alone the Slovaks had less people than Germans or Hungarians respectively. This artificial state was ceased to exist before the II. World War. In the mainstream it is considered as a tragedy but in reality the fate of the new country could be foreseen at the foundation which was represented by Masaryk as the...

The museum offers a nice overview of TGM's life, as well as some artifacts. Our tour host presented an in-depth history to my Czech husband and SIL. She spoke only Czech, but some short videos were available in English for me (a poor Czech speaker). The town of Hodonin, itself, is worth a quick...

Lots of artifacts, memorabilia - in Czech of course, but also an informative movie of his...