Podtatranské múzeum v Poprade

About the museum

The museum's origins go back to the second half of the 19th century: in 1873 the Hungarian Carpathian Society, the first tourist association in Hungary, was founded in Starý Smokovec. Besides tourism it devoted itself to scientific and educational work too. Interest in the natural environment and the monuments of the Tatras and the Podtatra region led to the establishment of the museum. Today it is a cultural institution of the Prešov Self-Governing Region.

The museum is seated in Vajanského street in Poprad. The archaeological exhibition The Prince from Poprad and His Tomb presents a find of European significance from October 2005, which came to light during the construction of the Poprad – Matejovce Industrial Park. Research in 2005 and 2006 was led by the museum in cooperation with the Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) in Nitra and German partners from Gottorf Castle in Schleswig.

The renovated premises house the exhibition Poprad and Its Surroundings in the Mirror of the Ages, which in five parts presents the settlement of the area from prehistory, the social and economic life, and the natural environment of the town. The museum also has a branch in Spišská Sobota, which has been closed for reconstruction since September 2024.

Highlights

• The Prince from Poprad and his tomb – an archaeological find of European significance
• Poprad and Its Surroundings in the Mirror of the Ages, from prehistory to the present
• Collections of archaeology, ethnography, history, numismatics, nature and art
• Branch in Spišská Sobota (currently closed for reconstruction)

Permanent exhibitions

• Knieža z Popradu a jeho hrobka – The archaeological exhibition on the find of the princely tomb from Poprad – Matejovce, discovered in 2005, which is of European significance.
• Poprad a okolie v zrkadle vekov – The exhibition in five parts presents the settlement of Poprad and its surroundings from prehistory to the present, its social, economic and cultural life, and the natural environment.

Operated by

Prešovský samosprávny kraj

Admission & discounts

The price stated applies to admission to one exhibition; the combined ticket for the whole museum costs €8 (reduced €5). Holders of the gold Ján Plaque receive a 20% discount; holders of the diamond plaque, employees of the Prešov Self-Governing Region and war veterans receive a 50% discount. Free admission also for holders of the card of the Association of Museums in Slovakia and for the supervising teacher of school groups.

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