Záhorské múzeum v Skalici

About the museum

The foundations of the museum were laid by the physician MUDr. Pavel Blaho, who at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries collected folk products, embroidery, tools and especially ceramics. He first made the collection accessible in 1903 in a private house, and in 1905 the museum received three rooms on the upper floor of the new cultural house on the Skalica square. It was the first nationally oriented museum in Slovakia founded by a private individual. After 1945 management passed to the municipal national committee; in 1952 the Okresné vlastivedné múzeum (District Local History Museum) was established, and from 1965 the institution has operated under its present name, Záhorské múzeum. Its founder is the Trnava Self-Governing Region.

Since the end of 1989 the museum has been based in the Mittákovský dom on the northern side of the square, originally a Renaissance burgher house which in the 17th century arose from the merging and rebuilding of two medieval houses. In the past it belonged to the Pálfi family, and it gained its Neo-Renaissance appearance at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries under the Mitták family. Two rooms preserve Renaissance vaults on a massive column.

The permanent exhibition, opened in 2005 for the museum's centenary, comprises ethnographic, archaeological and historical sections. It presents Záhorie, ceramics and Blaho's collection of earthenware jug products, Holíč faience, viticulture, crafts and guilds, the Habáni (Hutterite community), the cooperative movement and important personalities of the region. The museum also manages outlying exhibitions nearby, for example the Múzeum v Kopčanoch, the Habánsky dom vo Veľkých Levároch or the Družstevné múzeum Samuela Jurkoviča v Sobotišti.

Highlights

• Blaho's collection of western Slovak earthenware jug products from the 17th–19th centuries
• Collection of Holíč faience and stoneware
• Room furnished as the salon of the Jurkovič sisters, with the Skalica embroidery cooperative
• Archaeological section from the Stone Age to the dawn of history
• Renaissance Mittákovský dom with its original vaults

Permanent exhibition

• Stála expozícia Záhorského múzea – The exhibition on the upper floor maps the ethnography, archaeology and history of Záhorie – from ceramics and embroidery through the Habáni and guilds to the cooperative movement and personalities of the region.

Founded

1903

Operated by

Trnavský samosprávny kraj

Director

Martin Hoferka

Admission & discounts

Payment is possible only in cash. The admission also applies to the Rotunda of St George. Exhibitions are free. Free admission also for holders of ICOM cards, of the Zväz múzeí na Slovensku card (covering up to three persons) and of the Asociácie múzeí a galérií ČR card (covering up to three persons), for journalists, veterans and teachers supervising groups.

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The museum offers educational programmes for kindergartens and primary schools as well as for secondary school students (for example Cesta do praveku, Skoč do múzea) and creative workshops.

Getting there & parking

The museum is located on the main square in the centre of Skalica, at the corner with Kráľovská ulica.

Amenities & dining

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