Boskovice is situated in the Drahanská Highlands to the north of Brno. Boskovice was probably founded in the eleventh century and received its town charter in the fourteenth century. It used to have one of the largest Jewish communities in Moravia and until 1918, Boskovice was part of the Austrian monarchy. "The Scotch Mist Gallery contains many photographs of historic buildings, monuments and memorials of Poland and beyond."