Muzeum Obchodu Cesky Krumlov (Museum of Commerce shop)

The Museum of Commerce in Cesky Krumlov, at Radnicni 29 just off the main square, recreates what shopping looked like a century ago, with free entry and a walkthrough that runs about ten to fifteen minutes. Its shop extends that theme into merchandise made expressly for the museum rather than bought in from a general souvenir supplier: chief among the offerings are replica tin advertising signs, copied from what the museum describes as the largest collection of authentic Austria-Hungary and First Republic-era originals available in the Czech Republic, spanning the pre-1918 empire through the interwar years to 1938. Alongside the signs sit tea towels woven from 100% linen and printed with romantic period motifs, part of a broader range that includes enamel mugs, model vehicles and building kits, fish knives, coasters, magnets, bags, gingerbread and postcards. The shop's stated sourcing rule is straightforward: everything sold is made in the Czech Republic, keeping the museum's retail arm aligned with the same national, historically grounded identity as its exhibits rather than filling shelves with generic imported souvenirs. It is a small operation - a fifteen-minute museum visit with a shop attached - but a distinctive one, built on reproducing a specific slice of Central European commercial history rather than selling generic Czech kitsch.