--- title: "Villa Jaroněk in Rožnov: home of the museum founders" description: "Villa Jaroněk in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm was home to the founders of Valašské muzeum v přírodě. See its artistic decoration and how it is used today." url: "https://zpusteven.cz/en/jaronkova-vila" lang: "en" latitude: 49.4600675 longitude: 18.1451753 --- ![Villa Jaroněk in Čechova street in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, with the inscription Vila Jaroněk in the gable](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9867.avif) Villa and workshop • Rožnov pod Radhoštěm # Villa Jaroněk The house and workshop of the people who thought up Valašské muzeum v přírodě. - **Built:** late 19th century - **Workshop in the villa:** 1923–1944 - **Today:** a museum workplace - **Where:** Čechova 518, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm ## Firing, weaving - and thinking up a museum The house in Čechova street says everything essential about itself: in the gable it carries the inscription **VILA JARONĚK**, and a little further along the render a plaque reading **UMĚLECKÉ VÝTVARNÉ DÍLNY A. JARONĚK - KERAMIKA, GOBELÍNY** - the A. Jaroněk applied art workshops, ceramics and tapestries. The Jaroněk siblings lived here: the painter Bohumír, the artist Alois and their sister Julie. In 1923 Alois moved his ceramics and tapestry workshop into the house - and from here the brothers were at the same time pressing for the [open-air museum](https://zpusteven.cz/en/valasske-muzeum-v-prirode) they opened in Rožnov in 1925. ![Villa Jaroněk in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm from the street - an irregular building with dormers and blue windows](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9879.avif) The villa in Čechova street from the pavement opposite. Why come here ### The address of the museum's founders The siblings **Bohumír, Alois and Julie Jaroněk** lived and worked here. For fourteen years the brothers pressed for [Valašské muzeum v přírodě](https://zpusteven.cz/en/valasske-muzeum-v-prirode) and founded it in 1925. All three are buried in [Valašský Slavín](https://zpusteven.cz/en/valasske-muzeum-v-prirode/valassky-slavin). What to look for ### The inscriptions on the façade The façade carries a plaque in an ornamental frame: **UMĚLECKÉ VÝTVARNÉ DÍLNY A. JARONĚK - KERAMIKA, GOBELÍNY**. In the gable above the windows is the inscription **VILA JARONĚK**. Before you set out ### People come here to do research The villa houses the museum's **genealogy centre and specialist departments**, with a research room on the ground floor. For displays and tour routes, head into the grounds of Valašské muzeum v přírodě. ![Villa Jaroněk behind a wrought-iron fence, seen from Čechova street](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9861.avif) ![The plaque on the villa's façade: Umělecké výtvarné dílny A. Jaroněk, keramika, gobelíny](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9884.avif) ![Detail of the inscription Vila Jaroněk above the windows, with a decorated cornice](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9869.avif) ## The story of the Jaroněks and their villa Three siblings, one workshop and a house that still bears its name Arrival ### The siblings who settled in Rožnov in 1909 The brothers **Bohumír** (1866) and **Alois Jaroněk** (1870) were born in Zlín and grew up in a family with an artistic tradition. Bohumír made his name as a painter and graphic artist, Alois as an applied artist. After years in Valašské Meziříčí they moved to Rožnov in 1909 - and with their sister **Julie** began developing the applied arts here. In Rožnov Alois founded a **ceramics and tapestry workshop**. He made decorative wall plates, porcelain vases and sets, and designed tapestries. The weaving fell to Julie. ![Villa Jaroněk behind a wrought-iron fence, seen from Čechova street](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9861.avif) The house stands right on the street, behind a wrought-iron fence. House and workshop ### In 1923 the workshop moves into the villa The villa in Čechova street has stood since the end of the 19th century, and the Jaroněk siblings lived in it. In 1923 Alois **moved the workshop** here and enlarged it at the same time. The house announces it with the workshop's sign to this day. On the render is a plaque in an ornamental frame with two crafts under the name: **KERAMIKA, GOBELÍNY** - ceramics and tapestries. The irregular building suited a workshop: the layout with an entrance lobby, a corridor and stairs to the attic still keeps its original arrangement. The ground floor was used for work, the upper floors as the family home. Tapestries from the Jaroněk workshop are now in the **collections of Valašské muzeum v přírodě** - a few hundred metres from the house where they were made. ![The plaque on the villa's façade: Umělecké výtvarné dílny A. Jaroněk, keramika, gobelíny](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9884.avif) The workshop's plaque on the façade: an ornamental frame and two crafts - ceramics and tapestries. The museum was pushed through from here ### The society was run from the house where the weaving was done Bohumír Jaroněk watched the log buildings disappear from Rožnov's square - and to save them he and his brother Alois founded the **Valašský muzejní a národopisný spolek** in 1911. They proposed an open-air museum two years later, but the First World War got in the way. It only opened **in 1925**. > “Fenomén Valašska.” - “The phenomenon of Wallachia.” > > Bohumír Jaroněk - painter, graphic artist and creator of the museum How one ethnographic festival grew into the Little Wooden Town and two further sites is told on the page for [Valašské muzeum v přírodě](https://zpusteven.cz/en/valasske-muzeum-v-prirode). All three siblings are buried in its grounds, in [Valašský Slavín](https://zpusteven.cz/en/valasske-muzeum-v-prirode/valassky-slavin) by the Church of Saint Anne. - **the museum and ethnographic society founded:** 1911 - **the first proposal for an open-air museum:** 1913 - **the museum opens:** 1925 ![The side façade of Villa Jaroněk with its glazed veranda and blue-framed windows](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9876.avif) The side façade with the veranda. What remains ### A research room on the ground floor, a photo archive in the attic Bohumír Jaroněk died in **1933**, Alois eleven years later. The house now belongs to Valašské muzeum v přírodě. On the ground floor is the **genealogy centre** with its research room. The museum keeps records of Wallachian families here, so anyone looking for their ancestors starts in this house. The layout is as the Jaroněks knew it: a tiled corridor beyond the entrance lobby, the research room and the documentation office off it, and a dog-leg staircase in the middle leading up. The attic houses the **photo archive, documentation staff and curators of collections**. - **the genealogy centre founded:** 2000 - **research room open to the public:** ground floor - **photo archive and curators of collections:** attic ![The entrance to Villa Jaroněk: a glazed veranda, pale blue doors and the house number 518](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/jaronkova-vila/1280/IMG_9874.avif) The way into the research room: a glazed veranda and the house number 518. Timeline ## From the building of the villa to a research room on the ground floor 1. late 19th c. ### The villa in Čechova street The irregular villa later occupied by the Jaroněk siblings is built at the end of the 19th century. 2. 1909 ### The Jaroněks in Rožnov Bohumír and Alois move to Rožnov with their sister Julie. Alois founds a ceramics and tapestry workshop here. 3. 1911 ### The museum society The brothers found the Valašský muzejní a národopisný spolek - the first step towards saving the log buildings. 4. 1923 ### The workshop moves into the house Alois Jaroněk enlarges the workshop and puts it in the villa in Čechova street itself. 5. 1925 ### The museum opens Valašské muzeum v přírodě begins operating; the villa remains the address of its founders. 6. 1933 ### Bohumír Jaroněk dies The painter and creator of the museum dies; he had given the open-air museum the last years of his life. 7. 1944 ### Alois Jaroněk dies The founder of the ceramics and tapestry workshop dies eleven years after his brother Bohumír. 8. 2000 ### The genealogy centre Genealogické centrum Valašska begins work on the ground floor of Alois Jaroněk's former villa and workshops. Visit ## Plan your way to the villa ### Where exactly it is #### Čechova 518, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm The villa stands in Čechova street, a few hundred metres from [the Rožnov park](https://zpusteven.cz/en/roznovsky-park) and Valašské muzeum v přírodě - it is a short walk both from Masaryk Square and from the museum entrance. By car, use the car parks in the centre; the villa has no parking of its own. From the railway or bus station it is about ten minutes' walk into the centre. ##### Open in maps [Mapy.com](https://mapy.com/en/zakladni?x=18.1451753&y=49.4600675&z=17&source=coor&id=18.1451753,49.4600675) · [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=49.4600675,18.1451753) ##### Nearby [Rožnov park with its bandstand](https://zpusteven.cz/en/roznovsky-park) · [Rožnovská Bečva](https://zpusteven.cz/en/roznovska-becva) · [Valašský Slavín and the Church of Saint Anne](https://zpusteven.cz/en/valasske-muzeum-v-prirode/valassky-slavin) · [The Church of All Saints](https://zpusteven.cz/all-saints-church-roznov) · [The Jurkovič lookout tower](https://zpusteven.cz/en/jurkovicova-rozhledna) · [The chimneys on the Tesla site](https://zpusteven.cz/en/kominy-tesla) · [The avenues on Hradisko](https://zpusteven.cz/en/aleje-na-hradisku) · [The ruins of Rožnov Castle](https://zpusteven.cz/roznov-castle-ruins) Map of the area ### What to know before you go #### People come here to do research The villa serves as a **workplace of Valašské muzeum v přírodě**. Displays and tour routes are in the museum grounds. #### The genealogy centre's research room The ground floor is where people come **to research family trees**. Check the conditions, the times and the possibility of arranging a visit with the museum beforehand - the research room runs to its own hours. #### Accessibility There are **two concrete steps** before the entrance, with the bell to the left of the door. There is no lift in the house, and the attic offices are reached only by stairs. Staff will help visitors with disabilities into the research room. #### Nearest facilities Refreshments and toilets are **in the town centre** and in the grounds of Valašské muzeum v přírodě. Na závěr ## Doplňující info a test znalostí ### Rychlá rekapitulace **Who lived in Villa Jaroněk?** The Jaroněk siblings: the painter Bohumír, the artist Alois and their sister Julie. They moved to Rožnov in 1909. **What is written on the villa's façade?** Two inscriptions. VILA JARONĚK in Art Nouveau lettering in the gable, and on the render a painted plaque: Umělecké výtvarné dílny A. Jaroněk - keramika, gobelíny, the A. Jaroněk applied art workshops, ceramics and tapestries. **What did Alois Jaroněk move into the villa, and when?** His ceramics and tapestry workshop, in 1923. He made decorative plates and vases and designed tapestries, which his sister Julie wove. **How is the villa connected to Valašské muzeum v přírodě?** In 1911 the Jaroněk brothers founded a society in Rožnov to save the log buildings that were disappearing. They opened the museum in 1925, both are buried in Valašský Slavín in its grounds, and the villa still serves the museum as a workplace. **Can you visit an exhibition inside the villa?** No - it is a museum workplace and houses the genealogy centre with its research room. The tour routes are in the grounds of Valašské muzeum v přírodě. Where next ## What follows on from the villa [Valašské muzeum v přírodě](https://zpusteven.cz/en/valasske-muzeum-v-prirode) - The museum they founded · Three sites of rescued buildings. They grew from the museum the Jaroněks founded. Ten minutes' walk away. · Přejít na stránku → [Valašský Slavín and the Church of Saint Anne](https://zpusteven.cz/en/valasske-muzeum-v-prirode/valassky-slavin) - The grave of both brothers · Bohumír and Alois both lie in Valašský Slavín by the Church of Saint Anne, in the museum grounds. · Přejít na stránku → [Rožnov park with its bandstand](https://zpusteven.cz/en/roznovsky-park) - The park the houses were meant for · The town park with its music pavilion - the place the brothers proposed for the first relocated buildings. · Přejít na stránku → [Rožnov pod Radhoštěm](https://zpusteven.cz/en/roznov-pod-radhostem) - Rožnov pod Radhoštěm · The town itself: what to combine into one day and how to get here. · Přejít na stránku → --- Source: [Villa Jaroněk in Rožnov: home of the museum founders](https://zpusteven.cz/en/jaronkova-vila) - zPusteven.cz. When citing, please link to the page.