Szigetszentmiklósi Városi Helytörténeti Gyűjtemény

Local history collection of Szigetszentmiklós with archaeological, historical and ethnographic exhibitions, a shed and heart-shaped painted gravestones in the courtyard.

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About the museum

The collection presents the past of the island and of Szigetszentmiklós in the buildings of a 19th-century peasant farmstead. The archaeological exhibition traces the history of the town from prehistory to the emergence of the guilds in the 19th century; the objects found and excavated in the area date from the Neolithic, the Copper Age, the Bronze Age, the Roman period, the Avar period, and the Hungarian conquest (honfoglalás) and the early Árpád period. The historical material follows the social events of the village in the 15th–20th centuries with original documents.

The ethnographic room displays a section of a kitchen and a best room (tisztaszoba) with turn-of-the-century furniture, local costume (blue apron, bőgatya (wide linen trousers), suba (sheepskin coat)) and photographs of everyday life in Szigetszentmiklós; around the csikós stove stand the jugs and bowls of the potters of Csákvár. The shed presents the tools of farming, meadow management, fishing, viticulture and winemaking, blacksmithing and shoemaking, animal husbandry and transport. In the courtyard there are a stone collection, a brick collection, heart-shaped painted gravestones unique in the country, and a shaduf well and a wheel well.

Highlights

Archaeological finds from the Neolithic to the early Árpád period
Ethnographic room with local costume and a blue apron
Shed with tools of farming, crafts and fishing
Heart-shaped painted gravestones in the courtyard
Stone and brick collections

Permanent exhibitions

Régészet – The history of Szigetszentmiklós from prehistory to the 19th-century guilds, with finds from the area.
Néprajz – Section of a kitchen and best room, local costume, photographs and documents.
A fészer és az udvar – Tools of farming and crafts, stone collection, brick collection and heart-shaped painted gravestones.