About us
Mendel Museum has been the institution of Masaryk University since 2007. This workplace is located within the precincts of the Augustinian abbey in Old Brno. It aims to promote the legacy of Augustinian abbot G. J. Mendel, who is known primarily for his studies conducted on plants, peas in particular. However, one should not fail to mention Mendel’s other research in the field of meteorology, or breeding of bees. Abbot Mendel has stood for an immortal icon of modern biology owing to his own persistence, diligence, and analytical approach to the heredity of peas and other plants. Therefore, he is rightly called the father of genetics. It has become a rule that the work of this genius was fully appreciated only after his death.
Therefore, one of the aims of the museum is to promote Mendel’s genius. Moreover, it tries to raise awareness about the fields of study students as well as applicants for studies at MU can encounter. The interconnection of practical requirements of a museum institution with theoretical parts of several fields of study makes the Mendel Museum a significant place which interlinks science with practise. It allows an encounter of academics with the wider public.
The visitor to the museum can attend permanent exposition, contemporary exhibitions as well as visit Mendel’s apiary in the abbey’s garden. Besides, lectures from the “Mendel lectures” cycle, introducing outstanding personalities from the fields of biology, genetics, and molecular biology, will certainly attract those interested in science.
Mendel Museum in Numbers
- We employ 3 personnel and 15 external assistants.
