Pável Ágoston Múzeum

About the museum

The Local History and Minorities Museum opened on 29 April 1983 in the Stájer-ház (Styrian House) in Szentgotthárd. The decision to establish it was taken in September 1982. The core of the collection is the ethnographic collection of Gáspár Károly, a retired school headmaster of Slovene origin, from which his widow offered 461 objects in 1982. In 1986, on the centenary of the researcher’s birth, the institution took the name of Pável Ágoston, a native of the region who was an ethnographer and literary historian.

The museum has developed since 2009: a display storage room (látványraktár) was created, a new wing was added in 2012, when barrier-free access and a museum education workshop room were also established. The upper-floor exhibition rooms were modernised in 2016. Since 2013 the museum has been maintained by the Municipality of Szentgotthárd.

The institution operates as a Slovene base museum (bázismúzeum). Its permanent exhibitions present the lifestyle of the Slovenes around Szentgotthárd, the pottery of South-West Transdanubia, the 1664 Battle of Szentgotthárd, the industrial history of the town and the material of the display storage room.

Highlights

• Lifestyle of the Slovenes around Szentgotthárd – the Gáspár collection of 461 objects
• Gerencsér potters: pottery of South-West Transdanubia
• The 1664 Battle of Szentgotthárd on a digital terrain table
• Szentgotthárd’s industry at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
• Visible storage in the basement

Permanent exhibitions

• A Szentgotthárd környéki szlovének életmódja – The ground-floor exhibition presents the history, folk costume, kitchen utensils and tools of the Slovenes of the Rába region (Vends), together with the life of the namesake Pável Ágoston.
• Gerencsérek – Five display cabinets show the work of potter-masters, from the Züric Valley to habán (Hutterite) ceramics.
• Az 1664-es szentgotthárdi csata – The digital terrain table on the upper floor recreates one of the largest battles of the anti-Ottoman campaign.

Founded

1983

Operated by

Szentgotthárd Város Önkormányzata

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The exhibition rooms are accessible without barriers, and there is a barrier-free toilet on the ground floor. Visitors with reduced mobility arriving by car can stop and park at the main entrance.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The display cabinets on the ground floor, which present folk games and customs, will also interest children; the museum education workshop welcomes kindergarten and school groups.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

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