Kysucká galéria v Oščadnici

About the museum

The gallery was founded in 1981 on the initiative of natives and friends of Kysuce, JUDr. Anton Blaha, and twelve visual artists, who had organised the 1975 exhibition “Pozdrav umelcov rodnému kraju” (Greetings from the Artists to Their Native Region) and donated 66 works as the foundation of the collection. The first exhibitions opened on 27 November 1981 in the manor house in Oščadnica.

The neoclassical manor house was built in 1909–1910 for the estate administration of Count Ballestrem; the manor house with its forest park has been a national cultural monument since 1973. Its predecessor was a wooden farmstead from the mid-18th century. In 2020–2022 the gallery, together with the Žilina Self-Governing Region, comprehensively modernised the manor house as part of a cross-border project: exhibition spaces were added in the attic, along with a new terrace and a step-free entrance.

The gallery, which has a regional remit, manages more than 3,000 collection objects, prepares about five exhibition projects a year and offers three permanent exhibitions. For its 40th anniversary it opened the exhibition Lumen Nature, which originated from a gift by Anton Blaha and his wife.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition Dvanásti (The Twelve) on the founding of the gallery and its founders
• Permanent exhibition Lumen Nature with impressionist and luminist works
• Neoclassical manor house with a forest park (national cultural monument)
• International sculpture symposium

Permanent exhibitions

• Dvanásti – Permanent exhibition about the founding of the gallery and the twelve artists who laid the foundation of its collection.
• Lumen Nature – Permanent exhibition from the gift of Anton Blaha and his wife, with works of impressionist and luminist tendencies in Slovak painting around 1900.

Founded

1981

Operated by

Žilinský samosprávny kraj

Admission & discounts

The admission fee of €4 applies to the whole gallery. Admission is free for children under 6 and for holders of cards of ICOM, RGS, Zväz múzeí na Slovensku, AICA, Asociace muzeí a galerií ČR and IAA.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

After the modernisation of the manor house in 2020–2022, a new step-free entrance was added to the manor premises.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The gallery runs accompanying activities such as Ateliér pod lipami (Studio under the Lime Trees) and gallery education.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

Hire of spaces (the manor terrace) for a wedding ceremony costs €100 from 1 July 2026; the date must be booked in advance.

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