[citation needed] The principal role in the creation of the museum itself was played by the Austrian society VFG and affiliated scientists and patrons.

[citation needed] The museum is located within the precincts of the Augustinian abbey in Old Brno, where the abbot and scientist Gregor Johann Mendel lived and worked.

It aims to promote the legacy of Augustinian abbot G. J. Mendel, who is known primarily for his studies conducted on plants, peas in particular.

However, one should not fail to mention Mendel’s other research in the field of meteorology, or breeding of bees.

[citation needed] Abbot Mendel has stood for an immortal icon of modern biology owing to his own persistence, diligence, and analytical approach to the heredity of peas and other plants.