The activity of what was originally the Museum of Applied Arts began in 1873. The modern-day building was built in 1897 and 1898 in line with the designs of Bedřich Ohmann in the neo-Renaissance style. First impressions focus on the slim tower, which is an exact copy of the original Liberec town hall. The museum houses exhibits of the natural science, archaeology, and history of North Bohemia. Particular attention is paid to the development of the textile industry in the region and yet other permanent exhibits look at the development of artistic crafts from ancient times to the present. The collection of oriental carpets is the largest in the Czech Republic, whilst the unique tapestries are also remarkable. There is also a noteworthy collection of mechanical musical instruments that are mostly fully functional.

The site of today's art gallery was originally home to the house of Römheld, the manager of a cloth factory. This house was built in 1814, but was transformed in 1871 and 1872 by its later owner Johann Liebieg Junior in the vein of Italian Renaissance palaces with rich interior decoration. This reconstruction gave the building the appearance we know now as the Regional Gallery. The foundations of a collection were laid thanks to the activities of the Museum of North Bohemia and the legacy of Heinrich Liebieg (Johann's brother). The collection then became independent and developed further as the Regional Gallery as of 1953. The gallery is now able to boast extensive collections of Dutch painting from the 16th to 18th centuries, French landscape painting from the 19th century, 19th-century German painting, and an exhibition of Czech art from the turn of the 20th century to the present day.

Although this stately theatre building was completed in 1893, the history of theatrical life in the town began as far back as the late 1600s. The theatre has gradually expanded its activities to include drama, ballet, experimental theatre and so-called Small Theatre. Drawing on a suc-cessful tradition, all of the theatre´s ensembles have succeeded in attracting audiences. Its opera company has always occupied pride of place in the town´s cultural life, while its drama company has introduced several prominent personalities to the stage in the latter half of the 20th century. The Experimental Dance School, specialized in classical and modern dance, sees to it that the theatre´s ballet company maintains its high artistic standard. The Small Theatre, the F. X. Šaldy Theatre´s youngest but most ambitious project, provides an ideal am-bience for the use of experimental methods, and the company´s achievemenst demonstrate that it is able to take full advantage of them.

The Little theatre is a really modern theatre scene. Visitors can see atraditional concepts of theatre performances.

Founded in 1949 as one of the first professional puppet theatres, over the years this establishment has managed to stage as many as 190 premieres attended by almost 3,5 million spectators. The performances staged there are designed particularly for children and teenagers. In addition, the Naive Theatre has been an organizer of a festival known as Mateřinka, an event included in the calendar of European festivals bringing in guests from different countries of the world. Moreover, every year the theatre ensemble stages several dramas for adults and children alike.

This is an atraditional form of theatre by amateur performers. You can find it at the new address in the Civic centre.

The Civic centre is favourite for all the inhabitants of the town and its surrounding because there are many concerts by pop stars, rock groups, discos, dance troupes, balls etc. And it is a place of many interesting exhibitions - for education, cars etc.

The Civic hall and gardens (formely PKO) belongs among the traditional cultural facilities of the city. Classical, pop and folk music concerts, dance courses, country festivals, exhibitions of dogs, balls, etc. take place here. The building also has a large garden and from the tower there is a very nice view on the city and also the surrounding.

The Experiment studio is situated in the building of the Civic hall. There is rich assortment of poetry evenings, music or theatre performances, theme chats and classes, club meetings, etc.

The Little gallery is situated in the centre of the town and there are many photographic exhibitions by amateur and professional photographers all year round.

This cinema has been totally refurbished and modernized. Now it is open again and the public can see many international film productions.

The Varšava cinema is 1 of 2 cinemas which people can visit in Liberec. The Film club is a speciality of this cinema which enables visitors to see noncomercial films. Arranging of film festivals is another activity of this cinema (Febiofest).

The modern arena, which can house up to 9000 spectators, serves primarily as a sporting venue, but can also double as a place to host major cultural and social events. In terms of both technology and facilities, the arena is a state-of-the-art venue that is on a par with similar arenas in Europe and worldwide.

Located on Rumjancevova street, this establishment serves as an important information centre for the town, a large part of Northern Bohemia and the entire Liberec region, thanks in the main to its literary collection boasting as many as one million titles, its large collection of norms and patent documentation, musical materials, maps, and also on-line in-formation data bases, an indispensable component of life today. The institution allows access to its collections of fiction, non-fiction, professional and children's literature, a study room, a museum of music, and last but not least its department of Austrian literature. Built up from the early 1900s onwards, its collection of German literature published in the Czech lands provides a unique source of information for political scientists, historians and students of German.

When the First Exhibition of Light Industry was held in Liberec in 1851, no one could have foreseen that by the 1920s and 1930s this activity would have earned the community the privileged status of a town of trade fairs. It was at that time that an international association of towns hosting trade fairs, grouping together Prague, Leipzig, Franfurkt and Liberec, was founded. Naturally, it was not only this glorious past that has enabled Liberec to use the title of the town of trade fairs.