Múzeum Jána Thaina v Nových Zámkoch

About the museum

The first museum in Nové Zámky was founded in 1936 by the secondary-school teacher Ján Thain, staff captain Ľudvík Albrecht, the archaeology student Béla Szőke and the secretary of the town office Kazimír Saskó. Attempts to establish a museum in the town had been repeated since the end of the 19th century but had long failed. The basis of the later institution was an exhibition of notable objects, which the Nové Zámky Girls' Club organised in 1934.

Today the museum bears the name of its founder and is one of five museums of the Nitra Self-Governing Region. It researches, collects and makes accessible the cultural heritage of Nové Zámky and its surroundings. Its collections consist of archaeological, historical, ethnographic, numismatic and fine-art holdings, and the museum also includes libraries with documents dating from 1594.

In the exhibition halls on M. R. Štefánik Street there are permanent exhibitions devoted to the archaeology, history and folk culture of the region, as well as to the personalities Anton Bernolák and Gergely Czuczor. A branch is the Dom ľudových tradícií (House of Folk Traditions), with a permanent exhibition in the village of Svodín.

Highlights

• Archaeological exhibition from the Palaeolithic to the 16th century
• Historical exhibition Odviate časom (Blown Away by Time) on the history of Nové Zámky
• Ethnographic exhibitions Z klenotnice ľudového umenia (From the Treasury of Folk Art) and Zo života predkov (From the Life of Our Ancestors)
• Exhibitions devoted to Anton Bernolák and Gergely Czuczor
• Branch Dom ľudových tradícií (House of Folk Traditions) and the Archeologické múzeum (Archaeological Museum) in Svodín

Permanent exhibitions

• Po stopách predkov – archeologická expozícia – The exhibition presents the prehistoric and early historical settlement of the Nové Zámky district from the Older Palaeolithic to the 16th century, with reconstructions of clothing, tools and dwellings.
• Odviate časom – historická expozícia – The exhibition tells the history of Nové Zámky from the Middle Ages to the mid-20th century in five thematic areas.
• Národopisné expozície – The exhibition Z klenotnice ľudového umenia (From the Treasury of Folk Art) shows decorated objects from the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century; the exhibition Zo života predkov (From the Life of Our Ancestors) presents farming, animal husbandry and folk housing.

Founded

1936

Operated by

Nitriansky samosprávny kraj

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The prices stated apply to the permanent exhibitions, including the current exhibition.

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