The Secret of the Thirteenth Chamber 

The room was so perfectly concealed that no one was able to discover it during the war or for a long time afterward. It was not until workers renovated the showroom in the 1970s that they discovered the contents of the showroom were hidden in the secret room. Only then was it revealed just how much wealth had been concealed there. Unfortunately, many rare pieces had been used as gifts for various visitors to the state-owned enterprise at the time. The collection thus remained where it had been stored until privatization. In June 1993, the glassworks was purchased by its current owner, JUDr. František Novosad. He had the entire rediscovered “glass treasure” removed from the dilapidated room, carefully cataloged, and transferred to the Panský dům building, where he established a museum. Since then, the room where the glass was found has been known only as the “thirteenth chamber.”