WHAT:   Center of scientific research in art history 
Research Center of the Academy of Fine Arts is a center for elementary scientific research, the processing of source documentation, critical evaluation and reinterpretation of Czech art history after 1945.

With its specific orientation of research with an emphasis on interdisciplinary crossover, Research Center of the Academy of Fine Arts is an important center for the study of visual culture of the second half of the 20th century in all its complexity. The aim of Research Center of the Academy of Fine Arts is not only to contribute to developing knowledge of local art history, but also to place it in a wider, international context. Research Center of the Academy of Fine Arts is the first research center of its kind in the Czech Republic established within the framework of an art college. It significantly complements the existing range of scientific research activities offered by the Institute for Art History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Art History Institute of the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University as well as state gallery and museum institutions.