Slovenské národné múzeum – Múzeum kultúry karpatských Nemcov

About the museum

The Múzeum kultúry karpatských Nemcov (Museum of the Culture of the Carpathian Germans) was founded by the Slovak National Museum on 1 January 1997 as a specialised museum. Its predecessor was the department of the history and culture of the Carpathian Germans in the Historical Museum of the SNM, established on 1 August 1994. The museum focuses on collecting and professionally processing documents of the material and spiritual culture of the Carpathian Germans and on presenting their history as objectively as possible.

It is housed in the Sunyalova kúria (Sunyal Curia) on Žižkova Street in Bratislava. The original small single-storey medieval house was extended at the end of the 15th century by a covered passage; in the 17th century a courtyard wing was added, and a cellar was hewn into the castle rock. In the mid-18th century the building received a Baroque makeover and housed the well-known inn K zlatému anjelovi (At the Golden Angel). In the first third of the 19th century it was given an Empire-style makeover and a second floor; later it served as a rental house with a long gallery walkway. The building was restored as a monument at the end of the 20th century.

The permanent exhibition History and Culture of the Carpathian Germans presents the regions in which Germans lived – Bratislava and its surroundings, central Slovakia with the Hauerland, and Spiš – and their contribution to mining, crafts, science and industry; it also gives attention to education. The museum includes a documentation and information centre with a library and branches in Nitrianske Pravno and Handlová.

Highlights

• Exhibition Dejiny a kultúra karpatských Nemcov (History and Culture of the Carpathian Germans)
• Almost 900 years of German settlement in Slovakia
• Sunyal Curia with the historic inn K zlatému anjelovi (At the Golden Angel)
• Documentation centre with a library on the Carpathian Germans

Permanent exhibition

• Dejiny a kultúra karpatských Nemcov – The exhibition traces almost 900 years of the history and culture of Germans in Slovakia, their regions, their contribution to mining and crafts, and life in the countryside and in towns.

Founded

1997

Operated by

Slovenské národné múzeum

Admission & discounts

The ticket is valid for all SNM museums on Žižkova Street: the Archeologické múzeum (Archaeological Museum), the Múzeum kultúry Maďarov na Slovensku (Museum of the Culture of Hungarians in Slovakia) and the Výstavný pavilón Podhradie (Podhradie Exhibition Pavilion). Free admission for supervising teachers, holders of ICOM cards and holders of a staff card of a museum or gallery in Slovakia or the Czech Republic.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• 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

The museum's exhibitions are not step-free accessible.

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Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The museum sells publications on the history and culture of the Carpathian Germans.

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