Moravské zemské muzeum

Moravian Museum

Moravské zemské muzeum
Dietrichstein Palace, seat of the museum
Established	July 1817 (1817-07)
Location	Brno, Czech Republic
Coordinates	49°11′29″N 16°36′30″E
Website	www.mzm.cz/en/

Moravské zemské muzeum (English: Moravian Museum) is a museum in Brno in the Czech Republic. It is the second-largest and second-oldest museum in the country. Its collections include several million objects from many fields of science and culture.

Location

Bishop's Courtyard

The museum's seat is located in Dietrichstein Palace in Zelný trh in the historic centre of Brno. It was built as a residence of Cardinal Franz von Dietrichstein in 1613–1616. It was rebuilt in late Baroque style at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries and become one of the largest Baroque buildings in Brno.

History

The Moravian Museum was founded in July 1817 by a decree of Emperor Francis II. Science figures such as Christian Carl André, Count Josef Auersperg, Count Hugo-František Salm-Reifferscheid, or Antonín Bedřich Mitrovský were involved in the establishment of the museum.

Exhibitions

Old Jevišovice Castle

Venus of Dolní Věstonice, the most famous exhibit of the museum

The museum has several exhibition spaces in Brno:

• Dietrichstein Palace
• Bishop's Courtyard
• Mendelianum
• Palace of Noble Ladies
• Anthropos Pavilion (created by Karel Absolon)
• Mushroom Gatherers' Consultation Place
• Leoš Janáček Memorial
• Jiří Gruša House

The museum also owns and manages several monuments outside Brno:

• Old Jevišovice Castle in Jevišovice
• Budišov Castle in Budišov
• Moravec Castle in Moravec
• Memorial of Kralice Bible in Kralice nad Oslavou
• Centre for Slavonic Archaeology in Uherské Hradiště

External links

• Official website