The House of Art

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The building of the House of Art of Ostrava from 1926 is among the jewels of Ostrava’s modern architecture. A gallery has been located in the House of Art since its beginning and since the beginning of the 60’s of the 20^th century it has focused on acquisition activity and it has gradually been enlarging its fine arts collections which today contain more than 20 thousand works of art. The quality of the collections places the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava among the top 5 most significant collection-making institutions in the Czech Republic and therefore the gallery gains transregional importance. Visitors can see the permanent exhibition as well as temporary exhibitions of various authors.