Most visitors put the Ossuary (bone church), which ironically is in Sedlec, at the top of their wish list, when venturing outside of Prague to Kutna Hora. This is unfortunate, since few realize that this medieval mining town was also the equivalent of the central bank for 14th century Europe, an ecclesiastic center of the Cistercian order, and second only to Prague in terms of it's wealth and influence.

A tour of the Italian Court, where coins of the realm were minted from as early as the 13th century, or the underground mines, and St. Barbara's Cathedral gives one a sense of the past glory of Kutna Hora.
Also, for visitors interested in more contemporary events and arts, there is the newly opened Central Bohemian Art Gallery (GASK), in the former building of the Jesuit dormitory. The exhibitions housed there, are by intent "non permanent", though, focused on the period between 1960's to post 1989 "Velvet Revolution", visitors will find this a refreshing alternative to the Museum of Communism in Prague. Indeed, there is a lot to see and learn at GASK, in terms of Contemporary History, More than just about any other art museum in the the Czech Republic. 


Besides the historic center of Kutna Hora, which alone could take a full day to thoroughly explore, there are many events and activities which lend themselves less to tourists checking off a laundry list of things to see and do, but more to the living and changing face of Czech culture. Annually host to Cycle Cross competitions (which incidentally the Czechs are currently World Champions), glider flights, and outdoor Rock & Hip Hop concerts. Even the architecture here screams that this is not the past, but instead the face of the new generation of Czechs.