Katov dom
Renaissance burgher house in Trenčín with exhibitions on the town executioner, the guilds and the life of townspeople from the middle of the 19th century.
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About the museum
The Renaissance burgher house existed as a stone house probably already in 1607. It is the only preserved building of this type in Trenčín that later rebuilding has not significantly disturbed. The house with a circular gallery is a typical burgher house, in which there were living and economic spaces and a black (smoke) kitchen.
According to tradition, the house is connected with the administration of justice and with imprisonment, although the validity of this connection is not entirely clear. According to some sources, a town bailiff lived in the house at the end of the 19th century and for some time there was also a prison there; others state that the town executioner actually lived here.
Today the Katov dom belongs to the Trenčín Museum and presents three permanent exhibitions.
Highlights
- The only preserved Renaissance burgher house of its type in Trenčín
- Exhibition Majster spravodlivosti – kat (Master of Justice – the Executioner)
- Crafts, guilds and the guild system
- Period housing of townspeople after 1850
Permanent exhibitions
- Majster spravodlivosti – kat – Exhibition on the world of the town executioner in the 16th to 18th centuries.
- Remeslo, cechy a cechové zriadenie – Exhibition on the activities of the guilds in Trenčín and its surroundings.
- Mešťania, ako žili … – Exhibition on the housing and everyday life of townspeople from 1850 to the 1930s.
- Operated by
- Trenčianske múzeum v Trenčíne
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €3pensioners and students aged 19 to 26 |
| Children & teens | €2free up to age 5 · Pupils and students aged 7 to 18; children under 6 enter free. |
| Seniors | €3 |
| Visitors with disabilities | €1.50Holders of a ŤZP and ŤZP-S card. |
| Students & apprentices | €3Students aged 19 to 26. |
Free admission for the supervising teacher (1 teacher per 10 children), children from children's homes and special schools, tourist guides with a card, children under 6, holders of ICOM, UNESCO and ICOMOS cards, journalists, museum employees and war veterans. The Katov dom is part of the joint admission ticket of the Trenčín Museum.
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