THE ANTHROPOS PAVILION

The tradition of our Anthropos Pavilion roots back in the years of the Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1938). Thanks to the enormous efforts of distinguished Czech researcher professor PhD. Karel Absolon in 1928 our museum was able to open an unique exhibition made out of foundings from very earl periods of human history. The exhibition entitled ANTHROPOS received a great support from the president T.G. Masaryk and the well-known enterprenour, Mr. Tomas Bata. During WWII the exhibition was closed. It was professor dr. Jan Jelinek, internationally recognized anthropologist and museologist (former director of Moravian Museum and president of ICOM), who folowed the idea of the founders of ANTHROPOS. In 1962 the newly built Anthropos Pavilion hosted its first visitors.

Address:
Brno, Pisarky Park, The Anthropos Pavilion,
phone: +420-543 212 415, +420-543 248 391

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TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

ROCK ART AND LIFE OF NOMADS IN CENTRAL ASIA IN PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAVEL LISÝ
The exhibition of the photographer and globetrotter Pavel Lisý (*1960) shows the unknown world of the oldest art in Central Asia. Petroglyphs - stone engravings of human figures, animals and other complicated pictures (hunting scenes, ritual dances, sun cult, erotic scenes...) date back to the Late Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age (3000-1000 B.P.).
From February 17, 2010 to Mai 16, 2010

FUNCTIONALITY AND AESTHETICS OF STONE TOOLS
In a small informative exhibition, the visitors get acquainted with the exacting fabrication and practical use of one of the most famous palaeolithic tools - a leaf point.
From June 9, 2009 to 2011

DARWIN
The exhibition project reminds of the 200^th anniversary of the brilliant natural scientist and author of the evolution theory as well as of the 150^th anniversary of the publication of his famous work On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection. The exhibition aims to present Darwin's personality, his life story, his predecessors and successors, admirers and opponents. Movie projections and a cycle of lectures accompany the exhibition. Numerous activities are prepared for schools. The exhibition is one of the cultural projects implemented in the frame of the Czech EU Presidency 2009.
From May 8, 2009 to March 14, 2010
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PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS

The Anthropos Pavilion / Moravian Museum will be opened to the public after a three year renovation on June 30, 2006. The building went through a substantial reconstruction and enlargement. Besides the permanent exhibition, the visitor can find there two halls for short-time exhibitions, a modern conference hall and a café. The permanent exhibition on the oldest history of the settlement in Moravia as well as on the whole European continent consists of three parts created by our outstanding specialists: "Moravian Hunters and Gatherers", "The oldest Art of Europe" (author of the script M. Oliva) and "Palaeolithic Technologies" (authors Z. and P. Neruda). The second part brings up-to-date discoveries concerning the evolution of man and the beginnings of his culture: "Genetics in the Evolution of Man" (J. Sekerák), "The Story of Mankind" (Z. Šmahel, M. Dočkalová) complemented with the presentation of the behaviour of man's next relatives - primates, shown in the section "Cousins or Brothers? - Ethology of Primates" (V. Vančata). The new permanent exhibition presents up-to date discoveries from the field of archaeology, anthropology, genetics etc., and proposes interactive presentations using modern audio-visual techniques; it also contains several dioramas and reconstructions of the environment and life of Palaeolithic hunters and gatherers. Of course, the visitors will find there the popular mammoth model surrounded with its natural environment. Financial resources for the reconstruction of the pavilion and the creation of new exhibitions have been granted by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

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