Museums and collections

Botanical Garden

Website of Botanical Garden

The roots of the PřF UK Botanical Garden reach all the way to the opposing bank of the Vltava River, specifically Smíchov, where the botanical garden was originally founded in 1775. In 1989 it moved to its current location on the campus of the Charles University Faculty of Natural Science. Also found here are the headquarters of the Botany Department and PřF UK Institute for the Environment (in the Benátská 2 building) as well as the faculty study department (at Na Slupi 16). In addition to the plants in greenhouses and on the 3.5 hectare grounds, visitors can also see a unique collection of Czech minerals in the Geopark.

Free entry to gardens, 

Geopark

The geological park of the Charles University Faculty of Natural Science is a permanent exhibition of minerals which records the geological changes which have occurred in the Czech lands over roughly the past 600 million years. The exhibition presents a view of the unique geological past of the Czech Republic. Visitors are presented with a survey of minerals, their internal structure, composition, processes of formation and areas they are found in our country. The exhibition is located in the central section of the PřF UK Botanical Garden.

Free entry.

Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology

Website of Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology

The museum bearing the name of renowned Czech-American anthropologist, Aleš Hrdlička, is today located in the headquarters of the biological section in the Viničná 7 building. The small, charismatic museum moved to this location in 1952 from Albertov, where it was founded in 1922 thanks to the gracious patronage of Aleš Hrdlička. In addition to regular tours, the museum currently hosts numerous special events such as night tours or workshops for children and adolescents.

Entrance fee & opening times.

Chlupáč Museum of Earth History

Website of Chlupáč Museum of Earth History

The field of paleontology naturally involves collections of fossils, which serve primarily for teaching students. The collection of paleontologists in the Albertov 6 building became so extensive that in 2009 part of it was used to create a small museum.  In addition to the collection of fossils and reconstruction of prehistoric life, visitors will also encounter the most popular exhibit, a copy of the skeleton of an Argentinean dinosaur from the Cretaceous period in the Carnotaurus family.

Entrance fee & opening times.

Map Collection

Website of Map Collection

Practically since the time of its construction in 1913, the Albertov 6 building has housed a unique collection of historical maps. This collection was founded even earlier in 1891, along with the Charles University Geographic Institute. Stored on the premises of the second floor of the building are over 130,000 thousand specimens of wall maps, atlases and globes.

Mineralogy Museum

Website of Mineralogy Museum

Another unique collection which visitors can see in the Albertov 6 building again concerns geology, this time mineralogy. The collection dates back to 1775, when a collection of natural artifacts, the Museum naturae Pragense, was founded at Charles-Ferdinand University. The collection, which was expanded by edict of Emperor Maria Theresa, moved to the Albertov 6 building in 1916. Presently, the collection comprises 22,000 minerals, 2,000 of which are displayed in cases.

Entry only upon prior arangement.