The former house of the actress Budínová in Prague will be a museum of Moravian brandy
The house where the actress Slávka Budínová lived fell into disrepair for ten years and the relatives were sued for the validity of the will. In the meantime, the building was damaged by a flood, which flooded it to the level of the first floor. The water came symbolically a week after the actress died at the hospital.
Now the house has finally been renovated and after it there will be a museum. A similar museum – Dist Land – already in Vizovice and costs tens of thousands of people a year. A liqueur with a First Republic tradition wants to build another museum in Klárov.
Building permits after years
The distillery bought the house in desolate condition, but at a good address, after longer negotiations in 2011. It also bought a neighboring plot of land from Prague 1, on which there is a courtyard with a garden belonging to the house.
It took another six years for the company to obtain a building permit and for an archaeological survey to be carried out. But that did not bring any major discovery. Among the most interesting finds were fragments of ceramic stove tiles from the 16th century.
The interior of the house does not hide any historical treasures. In the 1970s, she was adapted to live as an actress. On that occasion, a new two-storey building was built, the original internal divisions, original ceilings or plaster disappeared.
“We will retain a residential function in the attic, on the ground floor of the historic part there will be a representative shop of our company and in the basement under the garden there will be a museum of fruit distillate production and premises for the Slivovice Friends Club,” says Pavel Dvořáček, Chairman of the Board and Distillery General Manager.
There will be a plum in the middle of the garden
According to the director, the museum will be very unconventional. “We have the ambition for the visitor to be able to imagine what a plum is and at the end of the plum brandy production process,” he describes with exaggeration.
A bar will be built into the garden, the rest will be restored and the entire courtyard will be open to the public. “We have a plum that we plant in the middle of the garden. I was surprised to learn that conifers, for example, do not go to Malá Strana, but above all fruit trees, “he adds.
According to Dvořáček, the entire project is the company’s largest commercial marketing investment, with an estimated cost of approximately one hundred and fifty million crowns.