The article summarises possibilities of cooperation between museums and elementary and high schools in the sphere of education of prehistory. The main problem of the education of prehistory is how to use the prehistory to achieve aims in the education of history. These problems are based on…

The article deals with the newest trends in popularization and presentation of archaeology. It concerns uses of digital technologies and multimedia and it shows their specific application in the example of the project “Archaeology at reach”. The article highlights not only the positives of…

Most current archaeological exhibitions were created in the last 15 years. They appeared particularly in places where there was a significant regional tradition guaranteeing market demand of tourism, often presenting results of recent rescue excavations. Some of the exhibitions partially…

The article deals with the connection of archaeology and arts. The author describes the development of imaging of archaeological themes in paintings, drawings and other artistic works, presenting selected pieces of art. She focuses only on the Czech artistic environment. This theme is important…

During its long history since the year 1818, the National Museum in Prague has changed its name several times. Although the present name occurred already in the first plans for the museum and although it was used from time to time parallel with official names, the first official name was “Museum…

This paper criticizes the idea of the Silesian Museum as the oldest public museum in the Czech Republic. The analysis is based on the questioning truthfulness of the first May 1814 as a date of establishing museum, and further analyses the concept of the public. The paper explains why the myth…

Through the involvement of the National Museum’s Natural History Museum in several European projects (such as 4D4Life1, BHL-Europe2 or OpenUp!3) we got a great opportunity to focus on the dissemination of information about natural history (on-line). Thanks to modern technology, this information…

Through the involvement of the National Museum’s Natural History Museum in several European projects (such as 4D4Life1, BHL-Europe2 or OpenUp!3) we got a great opportunity to focus on the dissemination of information about natural history (on-line). Thanks to modern technology, this information…