The Museum of Šumava is situated right in centre of the town in Svoboda square, in the Renaissance house with Gothic foundations from the late 15th century. The Museum was founded in 1880 already by local teacher Josef Holík as the first museum in the whole region of the Šumava mountains. Its collections were first placed at the Town Hall and later moved to the present premises. The present building of the Museum was housing deanery in the period from 1775 to 1936, afterwards the premises were handed over to the town museum. The exhibits include various objects related to history of the town and its neighbourhoods. There is an exhibition focused on the Šumava glass-making, a collection documenting the history of matches production in Sušice (one of the most significant in the whole Europe), Sušice pewter treasure, Capuchin library, or unique Bruno Schreiber's glass collection.  A significant attraction is the Sušice mechanical crib with copies of important town buildings, showing the ancient and traditional Šumava crafts. It is one of the largest mechanical cribs in the Czech Republic and was made in only ten months in 2004. It is 5 metres long, 3,5 metres deep and 2,8 metres high. There are about 150 movable and 150 fixed figures, 35 buildings, and the new ones are continuously added. The crib has been accessible to public since the end of 2004.