Secret Air-Raid Shelter at the Faculty of Arts, MU

Secret Air-Raid Shelter at the Faculty of Arts, MU

Maximum number of people per tour: 20
Tour length: 15 minut
Tour interval: every half hour

Note:

The shelter will be freely accessible without the need for registration.

We have expanded the permanent exhibition, which showcases the original equipment, including maps, records, and communication devices. The tour of the shelter begins in the cloakroom area, continues through the gas-proof vestibule originally intended for hygiene, and then leads into rooms for those being sheltered as well as the command staff. Visitors will also have the opportunity to try providing first aid following period instructional panels.

Meeting point: courtyard of the Faculty of Arts, Arne Nováka 1, Brno

Opening hours:

17.05.2025 - 10:00 - 15:00

Toilets

Photography allowed

Parking available

Many students and staff at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University are unaware of the existence of an air-raid (nuclear) shelter hidden beneath the faculty buildings, even though they pass by its emergency exit almost daily. 

The shelter was built in the 1950s to protect against aerial bombing attacks. Its location was chosen due to the presence here at the time of the university’s Rectorate – then known as Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, having been renamed by the Communist regime. Over the years, the shelter was primarily used for civil defence purposes; after the Velvet Revolution, it was turned into a storage space. 

Along with the nuclear shelter beneath Špilberk Castle and the Denis shelter under Petrov, this facility is another Cold War relic in Brno. It had a capacity for 150 people, who could remain inside for a maximum of two days.

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