Mendel Museum

In the mid-19th century, Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel (1822–84) began experimenting with pea plant breeding in a monastic garden in a suburb of Brno; humble observations that unknowingly founded genetic science. Only after his death was Mendel revered as the "Father of Genetics" for his discovery. The Mendel Museum, an institution of the Masaryk University, is in the precinct of the abbey where Mendel lived and details his life’s work and the story of his revolutionary findings through audiovisual exhibits and personal objects (mendelmuseum.muni.cz). In the garden are the foundations of Mendel's original greenhouse.