The art historian, conservationist and museum worker Jan Hofman (1883–1945), one of the leading lights in interwar heritage preservation in Czechoslovakia, is an overlooked figure in historical museology. As an art historian he followed the Viennese school of art history, and at the same time…

The Prehistory of Czechoslovakia exhibition, which opened at the National Museum on 28th February 1958, not only took what was at that time an entirely original museological approach in the form of a continuous exhibition case showing an uninterrupted chronological interpretation of Prehistory.…

The paper presents the results of qualitative research examining Czech museum exhibitions and their educative aspects. It introduces museum exhibition as a specific teaching medium and as an environment in which visitors can spontaneously learn something new or take part in a directed educative…

Iron disulphide degradation poses a continuing threat to geoscience collections. Pyrite and marcasite are especially susceptible to oxidation, the products of which eventually totally destroy the specimens. Only a few efficient methods of acute conservation have been…

The article describes the „Virtual Guide“ system and its development. It is a self-guided tour system for a personalized tour of the museum exhibition based on the fuzzy expert system and designed for smart mobile devices. Its aim is to enhance the educational benefit of the exhibition. The…

This text presents a project implemented last year by the Theatre Department of the National Museum involving several freelancers. The project focused on the documentation of the present day, specifically on documenting the origin of theatre production during the rehearsal process. The aim of…

In February 2015 the National Museum officially launched its volunteer program. The support and the involvement of the museum employees allowed many volunteer positions to be created through the whole museum. The volunteers are mostly involved in working with the museum collections and…

Social media and modern communication technologies that we use on a daily basis are changing our habits and how we communicate, and have a direct impact on our decision-making. An official statement of the Czech Statistical Office from 2014, mapping IT/ICT use, reports that communication is…