Památník písemnictví na Moravě - Museum of literature in Moravia
The Museum was opened for the public in the precincts of the Benedictine Monastery at Rajhrad in 2005. It invites visitors to a permanent exhibition presenting major writers connected with Moravia from the 9th. to the 20th. centuries, temporary exhibitions and a guided tour of the restored period Benedictine Library holding eighteen thousand books. The library collection contains some 65 000 volumes. The Library of the Rajhrad Benedictine Abbey and the Library of the Brno Regional Museum, both administered by the Museum of literature in Moravia, are accessible for the professional researcher public.
At the box office you can buy suveniers relating to exhibitions and installations at the Museum and Monastery.
To visit the Museum you can use regular IDS JMK transportation lines train, BUS
OPEN ALL YEAR
May - September
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (except Mondays)
Last tour begins at 4 p.m.
October – April
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (except Mondays)
Last tour begins at 3 p.m.
Group tours can be arranged on Tel.no.: +420 547 229 126 or by E-mail at prohlidky.rajhrad@muzeumbrnenska.cz
ADMISSION
Museum of literature - exhibition, period library, occassional exhibitions
Ticket type
Regular – CZK 70,00
Senior – CZK 53,00
Pupils, students, holders of ISIC, ITIC, IYTC cards – CZK 35,00
Persons with ZTP, ZTP/P cards – free
Calendar of Exhibitions
3/29/2012 - 8/26/2012
Alois and Vilém Mrštík
Brothers of opposite dispositions – an inseparable pair of authors.
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3/29/2012 - 8/26/2012
“A May Romance”
A love story of Helenka and Ríša depicted narrated by Vilém Mrštík in his literary work and adapted for the stage and the silver screen
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4/19/2012 - 4/19/2012
Taming of the Literary Muse – Workshop for ´third age´ learners
A workshop of creative writing for third age (and advanced) learners.
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5/19/2012 - 5/19/2012
The Museum Night
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9/6/2012 - 9/30/2012
Dalibor Chatrný
An exhibition of a graphic artist, painter and teacher, a major representative of Czech postwar fine arts
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9/11/2012 - 12/30/2012
TEXTS
Overview of the crucial texts in the history of mankind.
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10/4/2012 - 11/4/2012
Public lectures by Olomouc University teachers
The Baroque graphic art related to university environment.
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10/11/2012 - 12/30/2012
The Brno society and cultural magazines between the wars
An exhibition featuring the personality of Bohuslav Kilian and the magazines Salon and Měsíc published in the interwar period.
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10/24/2012 - 10/24/2012
Long live the republic!
An evening devoted to the formation of Czechoslovakia, also including an invitation to participation in the 7th year of the literary competition on the theme of “The Hidden Memory of Moravia“, and appearances of the young authors – winners from the previous years – reading from their works.
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11/8/2012 - 12/30/2012
Man/woman of letters - Artist, Artist – Man/woman of letters
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12/6/2012 - 12/30/2012
Leafing through the Benedictine Library books
Recent accessions to the Museum collections.
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