Change of opening hours of the Map Collection on Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Dear visitors, the map collection will be open until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. Thank you for your understanding.

Published Sep 06, 2022

The exibition Map of the year (2021)

Start date Sep 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2022

The exibition Map of the year (2021) will take place in interactive museum Fortress of Knowledge in Olomouc.

Published Sep 01, 2022

Map collection closed during summer

The Map Collection will be closed to the public from 1 July to 31 August 2022.

Published Aug 22, 2022

List out–of–commerce works

The National Library of the Czech republic has launched a new application List out–of–commerce works. You can log into application throught your account at Charles University.

Published Jul 27, 2022

Exhibition "From Šenov cottages to the palaces of the world"

Until 30 November 2022, the Glass Museum in Kamenický Šenov will host the special exhibition dedicated to Šenov glassmakers. It offers a unique exhibit of the first color industrially produced shade for kerosene lamps in the shape of a globe.

Published Jul 18, 2022

The exhibition "Fortified Landscape - People in the Eastern Giant Mountains 1938" is available on-line

The project of the Giant Mountains Sources contributes to the knowledge of the history of the Giant Mountains in the period of Czechoslovakia through the opening of the still completely fragmented and practically unseen sources. The exhibition "Fortified Landscape - People in the Eastern Giant Mountains 1938" is available on-line.

Published May 31, 2022

Exhibition The Heritage of lost landscapes of Czechia II

From 17 May to 31 August 2022, the exhibition „The Heritage of lost landscapes of Czechia II“ will take place in the building of the Faculty of Science of Charles University Albertov 6, on the 2nd floor in the foyer of the Map Collection. The exhibition presents the results of a project from the NAKI II programme of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic focused on the documentation and reconstruction of 40 transformed territories or extinct landscapes of the Czech Republic. The processing of sources took place on the basis of geoinformatics, historical and geographical methods. Viewers will get acquainted with the analysis of the area, which will be presented not only with cartographic and visual materials, but also with 3D models.

Published May 31, 2022

Dr. Ivan Kupčík died

RNDr. Ivan Kupčík, historical cartographer who focused on the history of cartography in the Czech lands and the Central European region, and a former curator of the CU Map Collection, died at the the age of 78.

Published Mar 10, 2022

Map Collection re-opened for researchers

Since May 10, the Map Collection will be opened every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 12:00 and between 13:00 and 16:00.

Published May 08, 2021