Slovenské poľnohospodárske múzeum
A museum of agricultural history on the grounds of the Nitra exhibition centre, with machinery pavilions, a hangar, an open-air museum of folk architecture and a field railway.
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About the museum
The Slovak Agricultural Museum was founded in 1922 in Bratislava and has been based in Nitra since 1960. Its collections document the development of Slovak agriculture and contain more than twenty thousand objects. Today the museum is part of the state enterprise agrokomplex NÁRODNÉ VÝSTAVISKO and is housed on its grounds.
The museum's exhibitions cover about 8,900 m². The Agricultural Machinery Pavilion shows the oldest steam ploughs, tractors including Zetor tractors, ploughs and threshers, and the hangar displays the Čmelák aircraft and a crop-dusting helicopter. Other parts of the museum are devoted to archaeology, traditional crafts, the development of the food industry and fire-fighting equipment.
The museum also includes an open-air museum of folk architecture with a village school, mills and an oil press, and the Nitra Field Railway, a narrow-gauge line with steam locomotives that takes visitors on a circuit through the open-air museum. The site covers more than 30 hectares and includes a library.
Highlights
- Agricultural machinery pavilion with more than ten tractors
- Čmelák aircraft and a crop-dusting helicopter in the hangar
- Open-air museum of folk architecture with a village school, mills and an oil press
- Nitra Field Railway with steam locomotives
- Collections on archaeology, crafts and the food industry
Permanent exhibitions
- Dejiny poľnohospodárstva a expozícia strojov – The story of settlement, the first crops and domestic animals, with interactive elements, and the agricultural machinery pavilion with tractors, ploughs and threshers.
- Hangár s lietadlom Čmelák – The Čmelák aircraft, a crop-dusting helicopter and other aviation exhibits.
- Skanzen a Nitrianska poľná železnica – The open-air museum of folk architecture with a village school, mills and an oil press; the field railway runs a circuit through the grounds.
- Founded
- 1922
- Operated by
- agrokomplex NÁRODNÉ VÝSTAVISKO, štátny podnik
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €3pupils, students of secondary and university schools and persons over 60 |
| Children & teens | €3free up to age 6 · Children aged 0 to 6 enter free. |
| Seniors | €3Persons over 60. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · A person with a disability and their escort enter free. |
| Students & apprentices | €3Pupils and students of secondary and university schools with a valid document. |
| Open-air museum – adults | €5Reduced admission €3. |
| Museum and open-air museum together – adults | €6Reduced admission €4. |
| Ride on the Nitra Field Railway (Skanzen circuit) | €3 |
| Parking on the museum grounds during exhibitions – car | €8 |
| Parking on the museum grounds during exhibitions – bus | €30 |
Admission is payable in cash only. Ticket prices start at €5 for adults and €3 for children. Guiding is available only in Slovak.
Accessibility
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Time needed | approx. 1.5 hrs |
|---|---|
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 6 |
The museum offers interactive and multimedia elements, dozens of tractors and a ride on the field railway, which attract young visitors too. Children up to 6 enter free.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Gorazdova
City buses no. 6, 8, 12, 14, 15, 30 and 32, alighting at the Gorazdova stop (terminus); bus no. 19, alighting at the Gorazdova stop (the line continues towards Janíkovce).
By car
Paid parking
Parking on the museum grounds during agrocomplex exhibitions is charged: car €8, bus €30.
Amenities & dining
The museum includes a library.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
|---|---|
| Good to know | A tour of the museum with the open-air museum takes about 1.5 to 2 hours, a tour of Pavilion C 30 to 40 minutes, the museum or the open-air museum alone about an hour, and the field railway ride 10 to 15 minutes. Guiding is available only in Slovak. |
