Museum of Glass MOSER — Attraction in okres Karlovy Vary

I was very excited to see this museum and I listed it as a must see attraction in my plan. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed, my kids too. I was hoping to see the little glass miniatures that we saw in many glass shops and surprised by the fact that only glasses and some other glass shaped items were displayed in a tiny compact room, nothing really stood out but few engraved glasses. The tours are guided only, meaning no self tours. It started by a looong movie with unnecessary details. Then, we were waiting for our guide thinking that she would be the same one who asked us to sit and watch. We wandered around this tiny compact room with the kids and our little kid on the stroller. We waited and waited and were afraid that we might miss the factory tour. We went back to the reception/cafe room and my husband asked them where to go next and was told to wait. Then we saw the guide leaving with a bunch of people, so we followed her. The entrance to the factory is not accessible by wheelchair/stroller, so we had to carry the stroller all the way up. When we got in, the guide looked at us and got angry leaving the people and yelling at us to go back and wait for OUR guide as her tour was in Dutch and it was crowded and there was no room for more people , mistreating us and other people who also thought that she was the guide as we were left unisntructed and shouting loudly "UNBELIEVABLE!". We got downstairs carrying the stroller again. And on our way back to the reception/cafe we saw another staff with bunch of people, so we stopped to ask her whether she was our guide or not, she replied by "did you finish the tour?", we said no and she told us that her tour was in English, so we joined while feeling disappointed in this disarrangement. Again, we had to carry the stroller back up. We were hardly able to hear her voice while explaining the process of shaping glass by human labour. We went inside, the smell was strong, better if you come with kids to stay a bit far and beware of yellow lines on ground. After that, the shop! That's it,...

Wonderful world of Glasses, it's forms, colours, designs, art. It is Museum of Glass Moser in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Here find the remarkable history of the creation of Moser brand crystal art glass. Since more than 150 years, glass makers, grinders and engravers have put their whole hearted efforts in breathing their art into the glass. It is a great time visiting the museum at the Moser Glassworks in Karlovy Vary or the Moser Museum on the Old Town Square in Prague. Feel the world of glassmaking in the glassworks in Karlovy Vary. Here molten lums of glowing mass of glass, taken from a furnace at a temperature of 1300 °C, takes beautiful shapes, colours and designs in the hands of master glassmakers. They blow the glass and shape it in wooden moulds. The original company of Ludwig Moser & Söhne, founded in 1857 by Ludwig Moser in Karlovy Vary, was a glass workshop initially devoted to polishing and engraving glass blanks. Later years the company began designing and making its own art glass products. Since then it has gone a long way passing through great recession period and Second World War. Bagged lots of awards and lot many recognitions. It is a must visit place in Karlovy Vary during Czech Republic tour. Karlovy Vary is known for themal springs and is spa resort...

First let me say a visit to Karlovy Vary will blow your mind! It's a beautiful small "spa" town nestled at the bottom of a lush valley with multiple hot mineral springs offering passersby the opportunity to fill their specially designed porcelain cups with the mineral rich liquid. My visit to the Moser Glass Factory was one of the most interesting tours I've ever taken. You will find a small museum (where we unfortunately didn't have much time to spend there) filled with some of the most beautiful pieces of glassworks I've ever seen, a gift shop with items ranging from low-high, and a courtyard with some very interesting pieces of glass art. Eventually we made our way to the factory for a guided tour and it was unbelievable. The temperature inside the factory is well over 110 degrees while men are blowing, turning, shaping and cutting hot liquid glass into their end product. It is a process that didn't appear to have changed over the centuries. I would highly recommend a visit to this pearl of the Czech Republic. And if you can, afford yourself a small treasure from the Moser Glass Factory. It's a true...