Dom ľudového bývania a architektúry v Šali
National cultural monument from 1831 with an exhibition on folk housing and peasant farming in south-western Slovakia.
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About the museum
The house stands on a site that local residents called Žabáreň. The oldest part of the building probably dates from the end of the 18th century; a date on a mešternica (a timber element) uncovered during the reconstruction in 1979–1980 points to the year 1831. Until 1972 it served as a family house, and its last owner was Imrich Kuna.
The District National Committee in Galanta bought the house with its courtyard and garden, without the interior furnishings, and handed it over to the then district local history museum in Galanta, which set up an ethnographic exhibition there. It opened the exhibition to the public in 1979. In 2008 the monument passed to the administration of the Ponitrianske múzeum (Ponitra Museum) in Nitra.
The building is a valuable record of local architecture: remnants of the wattle walls and the sochová (carved) roof-truss construction, which occurred in the south of Slovakia, have been preserved. The exhibition presents folk housing and peasant farming in south-western Slovakia, with objects from the collections of the Galanta museum from Šaľa, Diakovce, Kráľová nad Váhom and Dlhá nad Váhom.
Highlights
- National cultural monument from 1831
- Carved roof-truss construction and remnants of wattle walls
- Exhibition of folk housing and peasant farming
- Objects from Šaľa, Diakovce, Kráľová nad Váhom and Dlhá nad Váhom
Permanent exhibition
- Expozícia ľudového bývania a roľníckeho hospodárenia – Permanent exhibition in the protected historic folk house presents housing and farming in south-western Slovakia.
- Founded
- 1979
- Operated by
- Ponitrianske múzeum v Nitre
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €3pensioners up to 70 years, primary school pupils, secondary and university students, holders of a ZŤP and ZŤP-S card, holders of ISIC, ITIC and EURO-26 cards, war veterans |
Admission can be paid in cash only. According to the price list of the Ponitra Museum, children under 6, pensioners over 70 and holders of cards of the Association of Museums in Slovakia, of ICOM and of the Association of Museums and Galleries of the Czech Republic also enter free.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Groups of at least 15 persons must book in advance by telephone. |
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