The Škoda Auto Museum is housed in the restored premises of the original Škoda factory. Its permanent exhibition charts the history of the production of cars in Mladá Boleslav from its beginnings in 1895 to the latest models. The foundations for car production were laid by mechanician V. Laurin and bookseller V. Klement, who first began to manufacture a bicycle called Slavia. Shortly before the end of the 19th century, the company launched the production of motorcycles, switching to automobiles in 1905. Since 1925 the company has been named Škoda (after it merged with Škoda Plzeň). The development and production of the Škoda cars are based on the glorious tradition of technical skill in Bohemia. Since 1991 this tradition has been carried on in cooperation with the Volkswagen concern. The Škoda Auto Museum takes advantage of modern, multi-media presentation with music, panoramic projections, video, self-operating computer terminals, the internet, transmissions from production premises, recordings of
crash-tests, virtual space and a range of other devices. Open daily from 9.00 to 17.00, the museum also stages exhibitions, literary, theatre and artistic performances, fashion shows and other similar events.
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