Since 1558 the Redern family settled in Frydlant. They were not only successful merchants and warriors, but also supporters of fine art.
The construction of the new Renaissance chateau with rich graffiti decoration and a big chapel from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries are their architectural contribution. In 1622 Duke of Frydlant Albrecht of Valdstein, the General of the imperial military forces, bought the confiscated property of the Redern family after the battle on the White Mountain. In 1634 after his violent death his major general Matyas Gallas got the dominion and for a long period Frydlant remained in the property of his descendants.
In the course of the Thirty Years War the Swedish seized the castle several times. They contributed to the complex by a huge barbakan, which they had built in 1646-1647 in front of the main gate, and by strengthening the fortifications by pentagonal bastions. In the second half of the 18th century the Clam-Gallas family had the so-called Castellan wing attached to the complex. At that time residential rooms were already concentrated in the chateau. In the castle halls there were stored collections of weapons, furniture, paintings and books from the 16th and 17th centuries. This area was opened up to the public in 1801 and thus Frýdlant became the first castle in Europe, which was accessible to the public.
The recent exposition includes this oldest castle museum, orientated towards the Thirty Years War and the personage of Albrecht of Valdstein, further more the chapel with precious movables and two chateau wings. Besides furniture, chateau equipment, glass and chine the exposition includes the collection of weapons and a unique collection of pipes. The authority office room, the children’s room with valuable toys from the late 19th century, the bathroom and the kitchen with the original equipment are accessible. In the chateau picture-gallery are exposed works by Czech Baroque masters, such as Karel Škréta, Petr Brandl and Václav Vavřinec Rainer.

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