Hradné múzeum vo Fiľakove

About the museum

Plans for a castle museum in Fiľakovo were already being considered in 1941, but the war interrupted the idea. The first regional museum of the Slovak part of Novohrad was established in Fiľakovo in 1951 as the Okresné vlastivedné múzeum (District Local History Museum) and later became the Mestské múzeum (Municipal Museum). After several changes and the relocation of collections to Lučenec, the town again had its own collections in 1993, and the new Mestské múzeum opened an exhibition in 1994.

The idea of a castle museum returned to the town's development plans in 2005. In 2006–2007 the interior of the Bebek Bastion was adapted for museum purposes, and in April 2007 the Hradné múzeum vo Fiľakove was established and entrusted with the administration of Fiľakovo Castle. In August 2008 it opened, in the three lower floors of the five-storey bastion, the permanent exhibition Stáročia fiľakovského hradu (Centuries of Fiľakovo Castle) on the history of the town and the castle from the first written mention until the castle's destruction in 1682. Medieval and early modern finds are on display, together with the original keys of the castle and objects from the 39-year Turkish occupation.

In 2011 and 2017 a palaeontological exhibition, Pamiatky skamenelého života v okolí Fiľakova (Monuments of Fossil Life around Fiľakovo), was added and other exhibitions were renewed. In 2018 the museum opened two underground passages carved into the rock below the castle, with the exhibition Fiľakovo 1938–1945 on events of the Second World War. The Mestské vlastivedné múzeum in the Vigadó building also belongs to the Hradné múzeum, and short-term exhibitions are held on the top floor of the bastion.

Highlights

• Exhibition Stáročia fiľakovského hradu in the Bebek Bastion
• Palaeontological exhibition Pamiatky skamenelého života in the vicinity of Fiľakovo
• Underground passages below the castle hill with the exhibition Fiľakovo 1938–1945
• Exhibition Remeselníctvo vo Fiľakove (Crafts in Fiľakovo) in the Middle Ages and early modern period
• Video with a 3D reconstruction of the castle's original state

Permanent exhibitions

• Stáročia fiľakovského hradu – Historical exhibition in the Bebek Bastion on the history of the castle and town, with medieval finds, stove tiles, original castle keys and objects from the Turkish occupation.
• Pamiatky skamenelého života v okolí Fiľakova – Palaeontological exhibition with fossils of vertebrates and invertebrates as well as impressions of plants and bivalves from the vicinity of Fiľakovo.
• Fiľakovo 1938 – 1945 – The exhibition in the underground passages below the castle hill presents the events of the Second World War in Fiľakovo on information panels and with period objects.

Founded

2007

Admission & discounts

The basic ticket applies to ages 27 to 61. With the castle ticket visitors can also visit the exhibition in the Franciscan monastery in Fiľakovo free of charge (May, June and September Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 11:00–14:00; July and August Monday to Saturday 11:00–14:00). The museum has reciprocal discount programmes with Šomoška Castle and the Novolandia Rapovce swimming pool. Commercial photography and filming in the castle courtyard is charged (€70 or €100 per event).

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Getting there & parking

On foot, the castle is entered from Podhradská ulica; the access road for vehicles leads via Baštová ulica.

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