Discover Vamberk: lace museum, monuments and a hike

Three interests may shape your travel plans around Vamberk: lace-making, historic buildings and a hike. The lace museum brings together different types of lace and offers a look at the craft’s development. The cemetery church and road bridge add other cultural highlights.

Lace Museum: Techniques and Development

The lace museum in Vamberk mainly displays bobbin lace, as well as lace made using other techniques. This means you will encounter work created with more than one technique. Topics on display include folk lace and the development of lace-making under the influence of vocational training since the end of the 19th century. The museum also presents work by prominent figures in modern Czech lace and their students. This brings different perspectives together: the variety of techniques, the development of the craft and work in modern Czech lace. Alongside its permanent exhibition, the museum holds themed exhibitions.

Church and Bridge: Two Historical Perspectives

The cemetery church of sv. Barbory is Vamberk’s oldest monument and was built in the Baroque style in 1697. Its year of construction and architectural style give you a specific historical reference point. The road bridge over the Zdobnice bears eight sandstone statues: sv. Prokop, sv. Vojtěch, sv. Ludmila, sv. Václav, the Crucifix, sv. Jan Nepomucký, sv. Cyril and sv. Metoděj. The church and bridge also differ in what you can see there: a dated Baroque building at one, and a series of named sandstone figures at the other.

Hiking Route and Lace-Making Festival Days

The sv. Prokop–Vyhlídkové místo u chaty Vyhlídka hiking route is 3.4 km long, takes about 1 hour and 5 minutes, and has an elevation gain of 95 metres. These figures answer different planning questions: 3.4 km gives the distance, the approximate duration provides a time frame, and 95 metres quantifies the ascent. When planning your day, you can treat the duration as an estimate and the ascent as a separate factor, rather than judging the route by its length alone. The Czech phrase “Vyhlídkové místo” means a viewpoint; the route name identifies it as a destination by Chata Vyhlídka.

The programme for the 2026 International Lace-Making Festival Days in Vamberk includes exhibitions, lace-making, workshops, fashion shows and an extensive music programme. Unlike the museum’s focus on its permanent exhibition, the 2026 programme brings together different event formats. If you would like to plan your trip around the festival days, check the specific event dates against your travel period.

Another Place to Visit

The Jewish cemetery in Vamberk is freely accessible. Check access arrangements before your visit in case they have changed.

Discover more destinations: Proruby, Bartosovice V Orlickych Horach, Krchleby U Kostelce Nad Orlicí, Orlicke Zahori, Rybná Nad Zdobnicí, Svídnice U Kostelce Nad Orlicí, Voděrady, Kvasiny.

For the broader travel overview: Okres Rychnov Nad Kněžnou.