Friday, May 23, 2014
Walking in Mendel's footsteps
The Mendel Museum in Brno, Czech Republic was an interesting museum and one that transported us into the time that Mendel lived and the place that he worked. It was interesting to see how the city of Brno expanded around the abbey and the influence that the communists had on the museum as they were forced to bring the statue of Mendel from the park to the garden. It was also interesting to see how small of an area he actually worked in as the book Monk in the Garden made it seem like a much larger area. The museum was very interesting as it helped to reinforce all that we learned while reading the book and added a real world experience to the book and helped me to visualize what we have been reading about. The fact that they are able to identify the spots where he worked and that they are still able to be viewed by the public is amazing.
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It was amazing to see where Mendel actually worked, and I also agree the book made it seem like the area he was working seemed much larger in the book than in person.
ReplyDeleteI really liked that the museum was in the actual monastery, and that most of the buildings are still there today.
ReplyDeleteI also found it interesting that the monastery was still in use, they said that some monks and priest still lived in one of the wings.
DeleteWe never asked them about the book's hypothesis that the garden was actually in a different area.
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