About us
The Pálava House of Nature is a visitor centre for the Pálava protected landscape area. It revolves around a modern central exhibition space, which presents Pálava as a place with an extraordinary diversity of rare plant and wildlife species.
Immediately after entering, you will be thrilled by an immersive projection on four walls, which will surround you and literally pull you into a series of attractive scenes of Pálava and life in it throughout the seasons.
The exhibition itself is divided into several parts. The main one covers hundreds of exhibits – from illustrations and photographs to taxidermy and plastic models of invertebrates to plants covered in resin or bird songs and calls – presents the staggering diversity of the Pálava nature and explains where it came from. In the next part, based on archival documents and personal testimonies of the local inhabitants you will follow the history of Mušov, a village that disappeared under one of the Nové Mlýny reservoirs in the previous century. Through short films, texts and photographs you will learn about the importance of scientific research on an example of forest management and viticulture. The central point of the exhibition room is a three-dimensional concrete model of Pálava and its surroundings, standing right in the middle. The projections shown onto its surface and various accompanying elements tell the story of the history of human settlement. A large aquarium with several species of fish typical for the nearby river Dyje brings life to the exhibition.
In the end, you can think about different approaches to landscape and views of its management – and also to contribute with your opinion to what is Pálava, or what you think it should be.
On the roof of the underground structure you will find a limestone rock garden with a display of plant species typical for Pálava, including a shallow pond; with a bit of exaggeration, it could be viewed as a “little Pálava”. The compound includes a play area with a sandpit and a large mammoth-themed slide.
Contact
Dům přírody Pálavy, Hlavní 11, 691 29 Dolní Věstonice; Znzz87hgZrm%CbceT-M