In the Old Town district of Bratislava, there is a beautiful Rococo building, Apponyi Palace, which was built in 1761-1762 by Count Juraj Apponyi from Oponice. The palace was later bought by the city for the needs of the municipality. Currently, the palace is operated by the Museum of the City of Bratislava and you can view various exhibitions in it.

The exhibition BA 60 – 69. Sixtieth in Bratislava is currently underway.

In the sixties of the 20th century, the first post-war generation with a clearly defined attitude towards life appeared on the world stage. Student riots in Paris, hippie and beatnik protest against the established society in the USA, the emergence of new media with a huge impact on the events of the time, the expanding opportunities for enjoying free time — all of this brought the traditional values ​​of the West that had been valid until then into question.

In Bratislava in socialist Czechoslovakia, the memory of pre-war cultural and social traditions still persisted, partially already reduced by repressions in the 1950s, into which even people from the countryside moving to the city for work brought their customs. However, the overall atmosphere was significantly shaped by the relaxation of the regime allowing to react also to events beyond the borders of the Soviet sphere.

The goal of the exhibition is to bring closer to ten legendary years in the history of the city through original period artefacts and photographs that tell about everyday life. A prominent place belongs to the poster, one of the supporting media that also serves propaganda, and at the same time presents contemporary fine art.