Since 1920 the Pardubice castle has been the home of the Museum of East Bohemia, and in 2010 the castle was declared a National Cultural Monument. The museum is run by the Pardubice Region. The collections of the Museum of East Bohemia in Pardubice consist of almost 700 000 items listed under almost 170 000 separate register numbers. The collections are managed by three departments of the museum – the Archeology Department, the Science Department and the History Department.