The Brno Anthropos Museum will reopen to the public after a three-year renovation

    BRNO - The Brno Museum Pavilion Anthropos with its archaeological exhibition will open to the public this year after three years of renovation. The construction work on the pavilion has already been completed. Now a new form of the exhibition on the earliest history of mankind is being prepared, which will incorporate current knowledge and results of archaeological research.
    "We plan to open the exhibition at the end of May, and the pavilion will now remain open even during the winter," said today to ČTK the head of Anthropos, Petr Kostrhun.
    The original exhibition, whose roots date back to 1928, has become scientifically outdated according to staff from the Moravian Museum of Physics. However, even in its new form, it will not lack the symbol of the exhibition from the period of the First Republic, a model of a 3.5-meter-high stuffed mammoth, later accompanied by a calf. "Now both will be displayed among the backdrop illustrating their natural environment, and additional skeletons and models of prehistoric animals will be added," added Kostrhun.
    The exhibition spaces will also be enriched with audiovisual technology including touch screens and many interactive elements. The exhibition itself will be divided into four parts dedicated to human genetics and its closest primate relatives, the evolution of the human species, and the earliest art.
    The renovated building will also include a lecture hall and another smaller exhibition hall intended for temporary exhibitions. "We continue to expect visits from both the general and professional public, with a significant portion being made up of pupils and students," said the head.
    The pavilion is one of the few buildings constructed in the 20th century in the Czech Republic specifically for exhibition purposes. It was opened in 1964. Among its main shortcomings was that it could not be heated, and therefore it was closed during the winter months. The beginnings of the Anthropos exhibition, authored by Karel Absolon, date back to 1928 when it was part of the Exhibition of Contemporary Culture at the emerging Brno Exhibition Grounds.