Balneologické múzeum Imricha Wintera

About the museum

The museum arose in the 1920s on the initiative of Imrich Winter, owner of the Piešťany spa, and the spa manager Václav Vlk, who founded the Piešťany Museum Society. The first collections were opened to the public on 21 June 1928 in the Spa Hall (Kursalon); the exhibition was rebuilt and extended in 1932–1933.

The main exhibition in the Spa Hall presents the history of Piešťany and its surroundings from prehistory, the history of the Piešťany spa, the mineral waters of Slovakia, as well as natural science, archaeology, ethnography and numismatics. Separate sections are devoted to the stay of Ludwig van Beethoven in Piešťany and to General Milan Rastislav Štefánik.

The museum also includes Vila Dr. Lisku, with a permanent exhibition on the history of spas and balneology in Slovakia and a collection of sacred sculptures by Kornel Duffek. The Ivan Kraska Memorial Room is set up in the former flat of the poet on the Váh embankment; a new exhibition on his life and work has been open since 2024. The founder of the museum is the Trnava Self-Governing Region.

Highlights

• Exhibition on the history of the Piešťany spa and the mineral waters of Slovakia
• Natural science exhibition with a mammoth skull from Borovce
• Archaeological exhibition on settlement in Piešťany and its surroundings since prehistory
• Exhibition on the stay of Ludwig van Beethoven and on General M. R. Štefánik
• Memorial room of the poet Ivan Kraska, with a reconstructed study and bedroom

Permanent exhibitions

• Z dejín piešťanských kúpeľov – Part of the main exhibition in the Spa Hall maps the historical development of the Piešťany spa, one of the most important in Slovakia.
• Expozícia prírodných vied – A new natural science exhibition from 2016 presents fossils from the area of Piešťany, the bones of mammoths and other mammals, as well as botanical and zoological collections.
• Pamätná izba básnika Ivana Krasku – The exhibition in the flat where the poet lived from 1943 to 1958 combines a new presentation of his life and work with two preserved original rooms – the study and the bedroom.

Founded

1928

Operated by

Trnavský samosprávny kraj

Director

Vladimír Krupa

Admission & discounts

Teachers accompanying pupils enter free.

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The museum shop offers books, publications, postcards, photographs and souvenirs.

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