Moravian State Museum

Moravian State Museum in Brno (Palais Dietrichstein)

The Moravian State Museum ( Czech Moravské zemské muzeum , MZM) in Brno is one of the most important museums in the Czech Republic .

history

The day's second biggest and second oldest museum institution in the Czech Republic was founded on July 29, 1817 due to the imperial decree of Emperor I. Franz as Kaiser Franz Museum (Františkovo muzeum) founded.

meaning

In its collections it preserves over 6 million valuable exhibits from the fields of anthropology , archeology of prehistory and early history and the Middle Ages, botany , theater studies , entomology , ethnography , geology , genetics , history , mineralogy , musicology , paleontology and zoology related to history of the Moravia region .

The most important exhibit is the Venus of Dolní Věstonice , with only one copy being exhibited in the main building, Palais Dietrichstein, for conservation reasons.

In addition to inventory building and scientific research, the museum organizes exhibitions, lectures and excursions and is dedicated to producing publications and working with children and young people.

The Moravian State Museum is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and is a member of the Association of Museums and Galleries of the Czech Republic.

Exhibitions

The National Museum in Brno includes:

• the Palais Dietrichstein with children's museum: the mineral collection is on the first floor. The permanent exhibition on the second floor deals with the history of Moravia (prehistory, Great Moravia , Moravia in the Middle Ages). The presentation texts are only in Czech (status 2019).
• the bishop's court (Biskupský dvůr)
• the women's monastery (Palác šlechtičen)
• the Anthropos Pavilion
• the Mendelianum
• the Leoš Janáček Memorial

The state museum outside the city also includes:

• the memorial of the Kralice Bible (Bible kralická) in Kralice nad Oslavou
• the old Jaispitz Castle (Jevišovice)
• the Budišov Castle near Třebíč

ladder

• Jan Jelínek 1958–1968

See also

• National Museum (Prague) , the largest museum in the Czech Republic
• Silesian State Museum (Opava) , the oldest public museum in the Czech Republic
• Mercury Fountain (Brno) in the courtyard of the museum

Web links

Commons : Moravian State Museum  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Museum website at mzm.cz (Czech, German, English, French).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} About us. In: mzm.cz (German), accessed on August 16, 2019.

Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 29.1 ″  N , 16 ° 36 ′ 30 ″  E