Archaeological Open-Air Museum

The civil association Archaia is non-profit. Its mission is to protect, rescue and document archaeological monuments. Besides that, they work on education and raising awareness regarding archaeology and heritage protection. For this purpose, they have a archaeological park at Praha 6 – Liboc.

The Archeopark at Netolice was financed by INTERREG IIIA in a cooperation with the Archäologisches Erlebnispark Gabreta. The site of the park was an old castle site – an archaeological monument, one of the main centres of power in Southern Bohemia from the 10th to the mid 13th century.

The archaeological open-air museum in Modra – Great Moravian settlement of the Morava river middle basin is situated near Uherske Hradistě on the road running from Stare Mesto to Velehrad. It is a significant place giving us a vivid picture of one of the most important periods of our national history. The open-air museum lives its everyday life, with educational performances, programs, trial melting of metal, production of ceramics, agricultural production as well as continual archaeological research. 

Botanicus is a large centre with a botanical garden, a large shop with herbs et cetera and a park. An important part is the medieval town, which is more than just a house or two! It has about 8 larger dwellings and numerous smaller sheds et cetera.

The Celtic settlement ISARNO is located in Letovicích in a former quarry. The name is derived from an old Celtic name for iron. The association behind it wanted to create a realistic presentation of a Celtic village, including buildings, crafts, and even the lives of two thousand years ago.

The Archeopark Chotěbuz-Podobora is a national cultural monument due to the archaeological remains, still partly unexcavated. Long term excavations are carried out by the local Muzeum Těšínska in cooperation with the ASCR in Brno led by Doc. PhDr. Paul Kouril, CSc. The Archeopark is one of the 14 departments of the Muzeum Těšínska.

After decades of excavations, under coordination of PhDr. Ivana Pleinerová, CS from the Archaeological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Prague first on site experiments took place in 1981. Dwellings were constructed modelled after examples from the Neolithic, the Early Middle Ages, and the Slavonic period.

At the site of a former clay extraction site, in 1999-2000, a small “model” medieval village was built. The fictional village Tulezim (the name is derived from a fairy tale) transports the visitor back to the 14th / 15th century and shows the life, architecture and habits of those days.

Segedunum, which means “unassailable fortress”, was one of the many forts along Hadrian’s Wall. Segedunum Fort was built shortly after 122 AD and stood strong for 3 centuries; up to 600 soldiers were housed here.

Arbeia Fort was built by the Romans around 160 AD, at short distance from Hadrians wall performing an important role in patrolling the northern frontier of the ancient Roman province of Britannia. It became the main supplier for the 17 forts along the wall.