Theory as a Platform for the Education of Museum Staff. Development of the Centre for the Study of Museology in the Years 1967–1982 Abstract: The aim of the presented study is to bring together almost fifteen years of the Centre for the Study of Museology of the Charles University’s Faculty of…

Abstract: The Collection of the Working Class Movement Museum results from a fusion of three Prague museums – the Klement Gottwald Museum, the V. I. Lenin Museum and the Julius Fučík Museum, which were taken over and completed by the Working Class Movement Museum in 1990. For the reason of…

Abstract: Modern technology affects the development of the humanities, including the most traditional of the disciplines such as classical archaeology. We are looking for an answer to the question of whether high-tech could completely replace the basic tools without which we would not even…

The Part Played by Social Networks in the Activities of the Jewish Museum in Prague Abstract: The paper summarises the basic ways of working with social networks that are used by the Jewish Museum in Prague. It describes experiences with such networks as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram…

Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities Conference Report Abstract: The main theme of the DCDC conference, held in November 2017 in Manchester, was understanding the value of culture and collections and the difference they make to visitors who participate in cultural programmes. Many…

Museums and Their International Audiences Abstract: The National Museum, the Centre for Presenting Cultural Heritage in cooperation with the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures, held on the 24th and the 25th October 2017 a specialised seminar entitled “Museums and Their…

Gallery as an Open Space. The Collaboration of the Educational Department of Prague City Gallery with a Foreign Audience Abstract: Prague City Gallery, one of the major Czech cultural institutions, organises exhibitions, educational events and other accompanying programmes that are designed not…

The Exhibition at the Hvězda Summer Palace About Emigration From Post-Revolutionary Russia and its Possible Overlapping Abstract: The first plan of the presentation within an extremely challenging seminar entitled “Museums and their international audiences” organised by the National Museum was…

The Permanent Exhibitions at the Glass Museums in Both Frauenau and Düsseldorf Abstract: The article explores different approaches to displaying glass artefacts in permanent exhibitions, housed in museums of glass. It analyzes two collections in the Glasmuseum Fraueau and the…