Muzeum seismometrie Kašperské Hory

Over het museum

The Kašperské Hory seismic station, code-named KHC, was established in the 1960s of the 20th century in the Kristýna adit, where gold was once mined. The adit, dating from 1805, lies in the Amálina Valley by the Zlatý potok stream, in the forest behind the town. Thanks to the low level of interference, the station is among the most sensitive in the world and forms part of the Czech regional seismic network as well as the world network of seismic stations.

In 1973 the engineer Axel Plešinger developed there, and as the first in the world routinely operated, a recording apparatus that captured seismic signals across a very wide range of frequencies. This approach became the basis of modern broadband seismometers. The station is operated by the Geofyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR (Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences), and the data measured are continuously passed on to Prague and to international centres.

The newly reconstructed seismic observatory building houses a museum of seismometry with historical and modern instruments, a lecture hall and a geological exhibition. The visit includes a guided walk through the adit, where working seismometers are housed in steel containers about 100 metres from the entrance, deep in the rock. The adit is also a winter roost for bats, which is why it is closed from November to March.

Hoogtepunten

• Historical and modern seismometers and recording apparatus
• Walk through the Kristýna adit from 1805 to the sensitive instruments
• Steel “pots” with seismometers deep in the rock massif
• Exhibition on the work of a geologist in the field
• One of the most sensitive seismic stations in the world

Vaste collectie

• Muzeum seismometrie – The exhibition explains the principles of earthquakes and the propagation of seismic waves and shows historical and modern measuring instruments.
• Geologická expozice – It shows the work of a geologist in the field, using the Kristýna adit and a nearby rock outcrop as examples.
• Štola Kristýna – A guided walk through the former gold-bearing adit to the seismic instruments housed in steel containers.

Opgericht

1960

Beheerder

Geofyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission is a voluntary donation.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

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• Doe- en voelstations

The exhibitions have an interactive section and are suitable for children and school groups.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum lies a few kilometres from the centre of Kašperské Hory in the Amálina Valley by the Zlatý potok stream; GPS 49°7′46,84″ N, 13°34′38,52″ E.

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