Prague Museum Night at Charles University












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            This Saturday saw the return of Prague Museum Night – an opportunity for visitors to visit

            institutions around the Czech capital – free of charge.

            The 16th inception saw excellent weather compared to the previous year which saw plenty of

            minutes before 7 pm, visitors were able to meet comfortably and without umbrellas outside 
            Charles University, the Carolinum.


            Visitors were thus able to get a tour of the building which dates back to the 14th century
            stateliest room: the Grand Hall where students, for example, take their academic pledge at

            their studies.
            Attendees were able to learn about the history of university sceptres belonging to individ
            caps and gowns worn during ceremonies, as well as to hear authentic music. It was easy to 

            the significance of grand occasions and long-standing traditions at the university, from b
            to graduation – seminal points in students’ lives.


            Attendees were able to visit an exhibition entitled The Carolinum through the Ages and The
            University Archive – Past & Present, while the permanent exhibition about the History of C
            was also open to the public. The university publishing house the Karolinum Press has a sta

            was also a children’s corner.
            In other parts of the city, Prague Museum Night fans were able to visit buildings belongin
            Charles University faculties: open was the First Faculty of Medicine’s Museum of Human and

            anatomy and Museum of Stomatology as well as the Academic Club at Faust’s House.

            The Faculty of Science is invited attendees to visit its botanical gardens and to take a n

            its greenhouse facility with its permanent exhibition focusing on flora from the tropics a
            Chlupáč's Museum of Earth History, the Mineral Museum, the Hrdlička Museum of Man, were al
            public as was the faculty’s map collection.


            Visitors were also able to examine up close the faculty’s remarkable interactive periodic 


            Participants were also able to visit the historic St Wenceslas Rotunda at the Faculty of M
            Physics which received the Europa Nostra award in 2018. The historic site, only rediscover
            remains a major draw. Faculty students also prepared an array of mind teasers and logic pu

            visitors to try!

            If you missed it, be sure to come next year! The 17th Prague Museum Night!






            Marcela Uhlíková, iForum [ URL "https://iforum.cuni.cz/IFORUM-435.html"]
            Foto: Hynek Glos

            Translation: Jan Velinger
            Date: 9. 6. 2019