The history of activities associated with archaeology in the university environment of Hradec Králové is inseparably connected with the personality of Radomír Tichý. In 1993, he became an assistant for Ancient History and Antiquity at the Department of History, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové (later the Institute of Historical Sciences at the University of Hradec Králové). In 1994, he founded there the First University Centre of Experimental Archaeology and the Society of Experimental Archaeology for study and research purposes. In 1995, the Monoxylon´95 international student expedition was undertaken, which had been prepared for a long time (Baltic Sea 1992, Rozkoš reservoir 1993-94). In 1996, R. Tichý, together with history students, started to develop the Centre of Experimental Archaeology Všestary, which has served the purpose of education and popularisation of archaeology since then, recently under the name Archeopark Všestary (2013). In 1996, the Institute of Historical Sciences under the leadership of Prof. Vladimír Wolf started to carry out its own departmental summer archaeological excavations (1996 princely manor of Vysoké Chvojno, 1999 small castle of Stárkov, 2000 wood tar production facilities at Mostek, 2001 fortified manor house of Mladé Buky). In 1998, the Monoxylon II international expedition was undertaken – sailing on a reconstructed dugout boat from Lake Bracciano – along the shores of the western Mediterranean. In 2000, R. Tichý founded the magazine Reconstruction and Experiment in Archaeology. The results of experimental archaeology have been published on its pages (since 2005, under the name Živá archeologie – Living Archaeology).
In 2003, R. Tichý founded and managed the Archaeological Centre at the Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové. In 2004, this new institution carried out a rescue excavation of the site of Obědovice near Hradec Králové. In 2005-2007 and 2008-2009, there was a rescue excavation at Tuněchody near Chrudim and in 2007-2009, another rescue excavation at Obědovice near Hradec Králové. This period was also associated with the first staff reinforcements. From 2003 onwards, Richard Thér participated in the evaluation the archaeological excavation at Mohelnice, while Hana Dohnálková and Iva Dohnálková later transferred to the Archaeopark of Prehistory Všestary. Thanks to this, the department became well-known as an institution where ancient technologies were studied with the help of information systems (R. Thér).
In 2005, R. Tichý founded the Department of Practical and Experimental Archaeology at the FHS, University of Hradec Králové (today the Department of Archaeology at the FF UHK). There he accredited a number of new study programmes (2006 Bc. in Computer support in archaeology, 2007 Bc. in Archaeology, 2008 Mgr. in Archaeology, 2009 PhD in Archaeology). This has enabled further staff reinforcements and the employment of other archaeologists, resulting in the current composition of the Department.