The Department of Museology in Brno counts among the oldest education centres in this discipline worldwide. Already in 1921, Faculty of Arts MU established a Lectorate in Museum Studies, which was followed by an external Chair of Museology in 1963. The Department of Museology currently falls within the Department of Archaeology and Museology. It has its own library with an extensive stock of Czech and foreign museological literature. The Department also has its own exhibition collection.    

The teaching is realised by prominent experts in the discipline, including external lecturers from the practice and foreign experts.        

The study includes practical training of students, internships and excursions in selected museums. It also offers the possibility of exchange scholarships at partner universities abroad. Students also realise their own projects of exhibitions and accompanying didactic programmes in temporary and permanent exhibitions.    

Teaching activities of the Department of Museology are realised in a long-term cooperation with Technical Museum in Brno, Brno City Museum, Jiří Mahen Library (teaching, exhibitions, practical training) and other cultural institutions.         

Informal meetings of museology students and alumni are supported by the Society of Brno Museologists.

Among the key university projects of the Department are Internet Encyclopaedia of the History of Brno and publishing of the international scientific peer-reviewed journal Museologica Brunensia.

Department of Museology is member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and Czech Association of Museums and Galleries. It organises and co-organises specialised seminars, workshops and conferences for international participants and a long-term cycle of lectures held by foreign lecturers The Special Topics of Museology for students, alumni and general public.

It is a significant partner of scientific institutions and methodical centres for museology and foreign universities.