Services, loans
Opening hours for researchers
- Tuesday: 9 am – 12 pm and 1 pm – 3.30 pm
- Thursday: 9 am – 12 pm and 1 pm – 3.30 pm
- Map Collection is closed during summer holidays (1st July – 31st August), Christmas holidays (20th December – 3rd January) and public holidays (1st January, 1st May, 8th May, 28th September, 28th October and 17th November).
How to register for the Map Collection?
If you are already registered at Charles University, continue to No. 4, if not, please start from No. 1.
- Get your Charles University Card (CU Card) in one of the Card Service Centres.
- Set up your login at CAS (Charles University Authentication Service, more information here).
- Fill in the library application form. Now you can use the services of all CU libraries!
- Make an appointment in Map Collection via e-mail mapcol@natur.cuni.cz.
- Fill in the research sheet (you will receive it at Map Collection).
Viewing of the documents is possible only in the reading room.
Due to the limited capacity of study places, we ask you to arrange the visit date and specify the required documents in advance.
We also provide scanning on a flatbed scanner up to A3 format or on a pass-through scanner up to the width of B0 format.
For more information see the Research Rules and Price list.
Digitized maps are available to view and download here:
- Digital library Kramerius CU – high-resolution JPEG scans without watermark.
- Digital map collection – 100 DPI JPEG scans without watermark.
- For 400 DPI TIFF without a watermark is necessary to conclude a contract.
(If you are interested in concluding a contract, please do not fill in the specified templates and contact the staff of the Map Collection).
The reproduction of the work must be cited correctly: © Charles University, Faculty of Science, Map Collection, www.mapovasbirka.cz.