www.mzm.cz Admission fee 20 CZK allows entry to all the buildings of the Moravian Museum during Brno Museum Night, advance sale of tickets from 1st May, 2012 in all box offices of the Moravian Museum.
Dietrichstein Palace,Zelný trh 8
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
EXHIBITIONS: “Hynek! – Vilém!! – Jarmila!!!” / Karel Hynek Mácha, the prince of Czech poetry 18.30, 21.00 Guided tours
Dora Müller– a Brno German / the road to Czech-German understanding Ernst Paul: “We Must Begin to Forgive” The Charm of Puppets and Sculptures / the sculptor Vojtěch Sucharda and his Puppet Kingdom (regulated entry) 19.00, 20.30, 21.30 Lecture Hall / Audiovisual recordings of famous actors from Brno theatre performances 22.00 Small Assembly Hall / Reading byJ. H. Krchovský, a cult Czech poet (prepared in collaboration with Host publishers) 18.30–22.00 Courtyard / MR SWING – swing and dance music from the 1930s and 1940s
the Moravian Museum souvenir shop and the Air Café are open throughout the museum night 18.30 Foyer / Formal unveiling of the Brno Dragon 18.00–24.00 Foyer / Mini Navy Club Midway – presentation of models of ships, aircraft, submarines and tanks from the Battle of Midway
Bishops’s Court,Muzejní 1
PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS: Witnesses to the Dawn of Time / know the world of lichens and mosses 18.00–24.00Observing lichens and mosses under a microscope 19.00–23.30 Historic Hall / Argentine tango – dance show, workshop, live music 18.00–24.00Rare opening of the tower with valuable frescos
Noble Women’s Palace, Kobližná 1 EXHIBITIONS: In Suffering and Fight / Brno Jews in the crucial moments of the 20th century
During Brno Museum Night visitors can write a message to Sir Nicholas Winton who celebrates his 103rd birthday on the day. Brno Street Life – exhibition of photographs by students of ethnology at the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University
18.00–24.00 First floor / Invitation to the nocturnal restoration studio of the VOŠR Brno – restoring paintings, ceramics and furniture including woodcuts 18.00–24.00 First floor / Example of restoring a model of the Moravian Museum by ing. arch. K. Fuchs CSc., VOŠR Brno 18.00–24.00 Chapel / Example of restoring a folk sculpture by a conservationist from the Ethnographic Institute 21.00 Atrium /the Yocheved dance company will present Jewish dances 21.30 Foyer / Performance by the Májek cymbalom band
Anthropos Pavilon, Pisárecká 5
PERMANENET EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS: Australian Aboriginal Art / journey to the last survivors of the Stone Age 18.00–22.00Didgeridoo in a cave – Tomáš Machek from the Líšeň Theatre will tell short Australian fairy tales accompanied by live music performed by the Deši band – didgeridoo + baritone saxophone 19.00–22.00 the Onotopude music ensemble will provide ethnic music and shamanic drumming to accompany your tour of the permanent exhibitions on the origins of man and the earliest culture Zdeněk Burian: Visions of Worlds Long Gone – paintings and drawings by Zdeněk Burian 18.00–24.00 Programme in front of the pavilion / A tearoom in a yurt – refreshment in the form of tea specialities and traditional hookahs 18.00–24.00 Programme in front of the pavilion / DJ Liquid A: Ethno Music – themed musical accompaniment throughout the museum night 20.30–22.00 Programme in front of the pavilion / Concert by the Shivanam band – the magic of traditional native rituals mixed with electronic music
Leoš Janáček Memorial, Smetanova 14
PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS: Janáček Square – study and concept III / works by students of garden and landscape architecture from the ZF MENDELU 18.30–19.00 Programme for children: Nursery Rhymes by Leoš Janáček (with an introduction for children up to 8 years of age) 19.15–19.45Guided tour of the permanent exhibition 20.00–20.30 Concert on Leoš Janáček’s piano (L. Janáček, A. Dvořák – 3rd year students from the Brno Conservatory) 21.00–21.30Cantus et Cordis chamber ensemble of old music (artistic leadership Z. Veverková) 22.00–22.30 Vocal performance by the Monteverdi kvintet (C. Monteverdi, C. Gesualdo) 23.00–23.30 Ensemble of players on the viola da gamba historical instruments In Nomine Consort (with an introduction to the musical instrument)
Throughout the night there will be screenings of documentaries on L. Janáček and animated versions of Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen
