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In the text, the authors demonstrate that a Czech open-air museum was founded in Prague in 1895, well ahead other European countries. It was the first open-air museum in the then Europe south of Scandinavia. It was far ahead of its time also through the connection with a large collection museum. The original exhibition village changed into a permanent open-air museum. The Czech „skansen”, likewise the Swedish one, meant an inspiration for further exhibition and museum projects. From the very beginning of the existence of an ethnographic village at the Czechoslavic Ethnographic Exhibition, it was planned to maintain it. For subsequent six years, the village was used for ethnographic and cultural purposes, just as current open-air museums are. Its spaces were not closed and non-functional. For this reason, we could consider the ethnographic village to be „wooden heritage ̋, which does no longer exist now. Despite its uniqueness, and scholar, social and cultural benefits, the ethnographic village from the year 1895 has not survived. Its extinction in the year 1901 was caused by a wood-decay fungus. The authors believe there is still a possibility of renewing this ethnographic village.

Phoebe Apperson Hearst měla velmi úspěšného vlastního syna Williama, který byl ale více jako jeho otec: tvrdý obchodník. Našla však jemnou, uměleckou duši v malíři Orrinu Peckovi (1860–1921), který byl údajně gay a který ji, ještě za života své vlastní matky, začal oslovovat „má druhá mámo.“ Na základě podrobného výzkumu jejich vzájemné korespondence v Peckově pozůstalosti se můžeme ptát, jak moc si byla progresivní, bohatá žena 19. století, jakou byla Phoebe Hearst, vědoma Peckovy sexuality a pokud ano, jestli s tím neměla problém, nebo šlo o nevyřčené tajemství mezi nimi? Jejich příběh představí historik umění Ladislav Zikmund-Lender. Phoebe Apperson Hearst had a very successful son of William, but he was more like his father: a tough businessman. However, she found a delicate, artistic soul in the painter Orrin Peck (1860–1921), who was allegedly gay and who, while still his own mother's life, began to address her as “my second mother.” Based on a detailed study of their correspondence in Peck's estate, we may ask how much a progressive, rich 19th-century woman like Phoebe Hearst was aware of Peck's sexuality, and if so, if she had no problem with it, or was it an unspoken secret between them? Their story will be presented by art historian Ladislav Zikmund-Lender.

The detailed obituary is devoted to the life and scientific contribution of Ljubomila Simeonova Solenkova (1976–2019), a Bulgarian scholar in the field of history and Bulgarian-Czech relations.

Isotachophoresis (ITP) utilizes the formation of a permanently sharp interface between electrolytes containing substances of different mobility. Due to its specific properties, especially its ability to concentrate analytes from very diluted samples, this technique found its firm place in the field of separation methods, maintaining it successfully for over 50 years. We can argue with certainty that Czech and Slovak scientists contributed significantly to the development of ITP. In this short review, we have tried to describe the historical development of ITP in Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. The text is arranged more or less chronologically and structured according to the individual laboratories and teams.

Retrospective look at the developing profile of popular Czech orientalist journal from its founding in 1945 to the present in the context of political developments in the post-war era.

Before the end of nineteenth century universal exhibitions, specialised shows and trade fairs became inherent part of both local economy and social and cultural life in Bohemian and Moravian cities. The temporary exhibition grounds where such events were staged from the beginning were gradually replaced by permanent exhibition grounds, and later in the interwar period, major part of the cities in Czechoslovakia either established permanent exhibition venues, or had at least some place reserved for events. Exhibition venues as well as events themselves were affected by the outbreak of WW II and subsequent change of the regime. Their further development in following decades reflected the realities of centrally planned economy and cultural and social life organised and supervised by state authorities. Then the end of the Cold War brought the collapse of planned economy and outset of liberalisation, which often led to rapid changes in the cities and unrestrained transformations of urban structure, exhibition venues included. Future research pertaining the exhibition grounds should cover their historical development and explain how the exhibition grounds and venues can be described and specified in regional spatial plans and other documents. The outcomes of such research should be of importance to heritage care and protection as well. Regarding the interdisciplinary character of the subject, the research is to be carried also in related fields, e.g. art history, economy history, event management, regional studies and the like. Pořádání všeobecných i specializovaných výstav se ke konci devatenáctého století stalo neodmyslitelnou součástí hospodářského a společenského života v řadě menších českých a moravských měst. Po dočasných areálech následovala první stálá výstaviště, a později v meziválečném období se výstavní areály staly běžnou součástí městské vybavenosti. Změna režimu po druhé světové válce československé výstavnictví zásadně poznamenala, což mělo druhotně dopad také na podobu sítě regionálních výstavišť v republice. Další zásadní proměna oboru výstavnictví souvisela v devadesátých letech s rozpadem socialistického bloku, globalizací ekonomiky a nástupem nových komunikačních technologií. V této době docházelo někde k neřízeným a živelným transformacím území a nevratnému ničení nerozpoznaných kulturních hodnot. Budoucí výzkum výstavních areálů by se v oblasti urbanismu měl soustředit na komplexní zmapování prostorového vývoje výstavišť v jednotlivých městech a na způsob jejich ukotvení v územně plánovací dokumentaci. Závěry tohoto výzkumu by pak posloužily jako vodítko pro péči o historické výstavní areály a případně jako podklad pro návrh jejich ochrany. Vzhledem k mezioborovému charakteru výstavnictví by související výzkum měl probíhat také v souvisejících oborech jako hospodářské dějiny, dějiny umění, teorie architektury nebo event management a cestovní ruch.

Retrospective look at the developing profile of Czech orientalist journal of international importance on the occasion of its 90th anniversary.

The digitization of cultural heritage is a very current issue, as is the heritage conservation of modern architecture. Using examples of important buildings from the 1960s and 1970s, the article presents the creation of digital documentation of existing buildings which uses BIM modeling in combination with simple data collection methods such as photogrammetry. The article also focuses on effective forms of making 3D dynamic models available to the public.

Even though agroforestry was for a long time connected maily with the tropics, this form of land use was part of traditional central European agriculture and forestry. This paper describes the most important forms of agroforestry in the Czech Lands from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.