Museums and history in Girovce and surroundings

In the small village in the north-eastern part of Slovakia, there is the Memorial Room of Tokajík Tragedy entitled "Fascist reprisals in Eastern Slovakia". It was built a...

The Vihorlat Museum is housed in a 17th-century Renaissance mansion. The manor house was built on the site of a medieval water castle. Today, it is a national cultural mo...

Almost in the center of Humenné, on a rather rugged terrain, there is an open-air museum with an exposition of folk architecture and housing. The open-air museum in Humen...

The Museum in the Hanušovce Mansion is located in the picturesque town of Hanušovce nad Topľou. The Renaissance mansion stands in the middle of the city on a small hill s...

Anyone who would like to travel a little in time and experience a return to the oldest periods of human history should visit the Live Archeopark in Hanušovce nad Topľou. ...

The Hámor educational trail is a great opportunity for those who want to learn more about the history of the Zemplín Hámre region. On this 6.8 kilometer route you will be...

The Museum in Zemplínské Hámre is established in a stone masonry building -the oldest building in the village from the 19th century, which originally served as accommodat...

Andy Warhol - king of pop art, whose roots reach to Slovakia. That is why the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art was founded in Medzilaborce in 1991, the first in the world...

Mini Open-Air Museum is situated near the amphitheater and the local railway in Medzilaborce. The whole area of this mini-museum is dedicated to the traditional life and ...

The charming 18th-century Baroque mansion in Svidník houses the Dezider Milly Gallery, which is part of the Museum of Ukrainian Culture in Svidník. The gallery was opened...

Since 2014, the small village of Fintice in East Slovakia has its own museum and gallery. The gallery and museum of folk art is housed in a historical building of a forme...

The Museum of Ukrainian Culture in Svidník is the oldest national institution and a branch of the Slovak National Museum Bratislava. It focuses on documenting the basic s...

The museum department of Svidník is a part of the Military History Museum in Piešťany. Its activities follow the traditions of the Dukla Museum, which was founded in 1965...

Among the rich tangle of Slovak open-air museums, we can also include the exposition of the Museum of Ukrainian Culture. After all, Ukrainian or Ruthenian culture is also...

The most important salt deposit in Slovakia is the site named Solivar - today the part of the city of Prešov. Right here, in the Leopold shaft, rock salt was mined in the...

The Museum of Ruthenian Culture in Prešov is one of the thematic branches of the Slovak National Museum. The museum is the youngest in Slovakia. The main activity of the ...

There is a paradise for wine lovers in the premises of historical 500 - year - old cellars under the Town Hall of Prešov. Original underground spaces became the seat of t...

One of the most fascinating historical buildings not only in Prešov, but also in the whole of Slovakia is undoubtedly the Rakoczi Palace, as evidenced by its attribute - ...

The Prešov Jewish Museum was founded in 1928 as the first of its kind in Slovakia. It is located in the beautiful premises of an orthodox synagogue built between 1897 - 1...

Count Julius Andrassy chose the romantic setting of the Trebišov park on the shore of an artificial lake as his last resting place. The mausoleum of this important politi...

The charming Baroque - Classicist manor house in Trebišov, the former residence of the Andrássy family, houses now the Museum and the Cultural Center of Southern Zemplín....

If you are looking for observing nature from a bird's-eye perspective, and at the same time want to get a little cultural and historical experience you should visit the D...

The Exposition of Icons, which is one of the permanent expositions of the Šariš Museum in Bardejov, is the only independent specialized exposition of iconographic monumen...

If you visit Bardejov once, do not miss the tour of the charming city fortifications, which form a well-preserved defense system consisting of walls and bastions, dating ...

The Šariš Museum in Bardejov offers for its visitors three permanent expositions - one of them is the Natural History Exposition. A remarkable exhibition brings visitors ...

The Town Hall Square of Bardejov forms the central historical town zone and is one of the most beautiful in Slovakia. Its indescribable atmosphere is enhanced by the repr...

At the corner of Mlynská and Štefánikova streets in Košice, there is a beautiful historic building built in the neo-Gothic style. It is the Jacob's Palace, also known as ...

One of the most interesting collecting institutions in Slovakia, the Museum of Eastern Slovakia, provides the visitors of all ages with a unique opportunity to cross the ...

Casemates of Košice are made up of late Gothic and early Renaissance loopholes, built on late Gothic foundations, and an extension and superstructure from the later perio...

The Memorial House of Francis II Rákoczi, the so-called Rodošto, is open to the public in the area of Executioner bastion in the courtyard of Hrnčiarska Street in Košice....