| The Military Technical Museum Lešany | |
| Native Name: | Vojenské technické muzeum Lešany |
| Native Name Lang: | cs |
| Map Type: | Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.855°N 14.544°W |
| Established: | 1996 |
| Location: | Lešany, Central Bohemian Region, |
| Type: | Military museum |
| Publictransit: | Krhanice train station |
| Parking: | On site (no charge) |
| Website: | www.vhu.cz |
Military Technical Museum Lešany (Czech: Vojenské technické muzeum Lešany) is a museum of military vehicles located in Lešany in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is part of the Military History Institute Prague together with Kbely Aviation Museum and Army Museum Žižkov.[1] Its exposition contains over 700 historic tanks, cannons, motorcycles, armored vehicles, trucks, military passenger vehicles, missile systems and other military equipment manufactured from 1890 to the present. The museum is open from June to September on weekends and in July and August all days except mondays and is free of charge.[2]
The museum was established in 1996 in a former artillery barracks in the municipality of Lešany, near Týnec nad Sázavou.[3] The collections are presented in ten halls, six roofed areas and also in the open air. The exposition is presented in themed manner like separate Artillery hall with Škoda cannons and howitzers, pre WWII Czechoslovak Army, WWII North Africa theme, Czechoslovat signal corps theme hall or Czechoslovak Army missiles presented in separate hall. Since 2003, a so-called "Tank Day" is held every year at the end of the summer season (usually last Saturday of summer vacation) in the area of the museum, where many of the tanks and other military vehicles from the museum's collection are presented in dynamic displays.[4] The presentations also include vehicles from military car clubs and clubs of military history from Czechia. The Army of the Czech Republic also participates in these events, therefore current military equipment of the Czech Army can also be seen on display. There are also events at the beginning of every season (in May) which are usually dedicated to other branches of ground equipment, like "Artillery day", "AAA day", "Tatra day", etc or to anniversaries of the Army of Czech Republic.[5] Since 2021 the museum also have part of the Berlin wall as part of the exhibition.[6]
WWI and the interwar period
World War II: Axis
World War II: Allies and Neutral Powers
Cold War: East
Cold War: West
Modern