Múzeum ukrajinskej kultúry vo Svidníku

About the museum

The museum was founded in 1956 in Prešov. In 1958 it became the Ukrainian department of the Regional Museum in Prešov, and after a reorganisation it was decided to establish the East Slovak Ukrainian Museum in Krásny Brod. In 1964 it moved to Svidník, where it carries out the nationwide task of researching and documenting monuments of the material and spiritual culture of the Ukrainian minority.

The museum is the oldest specialised national minority museum with nationwide scope and belongs to the network of the Slovak National Museum. Since 1965 it has published the scholarly journal Vedecký zborník and it takes part in international projects on traditional folk culture in the Carpathians.

It has three exhibitions: the main cultural-historical exhibition in a protected building from the second half of the 19th century with an extension in the pedestrian zone, the art-historical exhibition in the Dezider Milly Gallery in a manor house, and the ethnographic open-air exhibition (skanzen). The cultural-historical exhibition covers 1,700 m² and traces the development of the region from the Neolithic to the eighties of the 20th century.

Highlights

• Cultural-historical exhibition on three floors (1,700 m²)
• Settlement history, folk culture and inter-ethnic relations in north-eastern Slovakia
• Dezider Milly Gallery with icons and works by Ukrainian artists
• Ethnographic open-air exhibition with a wooden church from 1766
• The oldest national minority museum in Slovakia

Permanent exhibition

• Kultúrno-historická expozícia – The three-storey exhibition presents the natural conditions, settlement history, traditional folk culture and development of Ukrainians in north-eastern Slovakia from the Neolithic to the eighties of the 20th century.

Founded

1956

Operated by

Slovenské národné múzeum

Admission & discounts

Free admission for children aged 1 to 3, holders of a ZŤP or ZŤP-S card, holders of ICOM, ICOMOS and UNESCO cards, the Zväz múzeí na Slovensku and Asociace muzeí a galerií ČR cards, journalists, employees of the Ministerstvo kultúry SR, children from children's homes, refugees and displaced persons from Ukraine, tourist guides with a group and supervising teachers (1 teacher per 10 pupils). A reduction for children aged 3 to 6 applies upon presentation of a health insurance card.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: not available
• 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 entrance to the main building from the pedestrian zone is step-free, and the building has a lift to the individual floors; the exhibition is also accessible to wheelchair users. The toilets are not step-free.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The building stands in the pedestrian zone in the city centre.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Promotional materials and books are sold; the museum has a library with lending services.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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