This year’s International Archaeology Day at the Pavlov Archeopark will connect archaeology with fine arts and popular culture. The main theme is comics as a way of telling the past, which can bring the world of prehistory closer in a playful and understandable way. We will also focus on the accompanying exhibition The Second Life of Venus, which commemorates the famous anniversary of the discovery of the Venus of Věstonice and 100 years of its “second life” in our culture and society.

The main guest of the program will be artist Vojtěch Šeda, the author of a large-format comic about the story of the Venus of Věstonice, which was created for the exhibition The Second Life of Venus. At 10:30 he will present his work in a lecture. From 12:00 to 16:00 he will lead a comic workshop together with other lecturers, where children and adults will try out how to create their own story in comic form. You can also look forward to a tour with the author of the accompanying exhibition The Second Life of Venus, as well as guided tours of the permanent exhibition and a photo corner at the Věstonice Venus.

Come celebrate International Archaeology Day and discover how ancient stories can come to life again.

EVENT PROGRAM:
10:00, 12:00 and 14:00 | guided tours of the permanent exhibition
10:30 | lecture by artist Vojtěch Šeda about his comic book work, not only on the topic of the Věstonice Venus
12:00 – 16:00 | comic book workshop (for young and old visitors), creating your own story about the Věstonice Venus
13:00 | tour of the exhibition The Second Life of Venus with its author and curator Dr. Martina Galetová (Moravian Regional Museum in Brno)
9:00 – 16:00 | photo corner with the Venus of Věstonice

The event program is subject to change. The event will be held in Czech only.