MUSEUMS IN PREŠOV

CONTENT  Regional museum  Jewish museum  Museum of wines  Salt rafinery  Resources

REGIONAL MUSEUM  In 1945 was founded as a city museum, but in 1950 it obtained the status of the Regional Museum  Its headquarters is Rákoci palace, whose history is closely linked with the history of the city  The museum preserves and presents the archaeological, historical, ethnographic, art-historical and scientific collections  On the ground floor of the palace are Rákoci chamber museum exhibit space for mounting temporary exhibitions, the floor still thematic exposition.

JEWISH MUSEUM  The Jewish Museum in Presov came into being in 1928, the first of its kind in Slovakia  Head of geological community, Mr. Eugen Bárkány, and son of famous rabbi of Presov, Dr. Teodor Austerlitz had been major contributors to building-up of said Museum and to accumulation of its exhibits.

MUSEUM OF WINES  The museum's 500 sq m exhibition occupies two floors of the historical 500- year-old cellars under the Prešov Town Hall  It consists mainly of bottled wines from all corners of the world  The collection currently includes more than 2000 types of wine  Visitors are guided by qualified experts, who can speak at least one international language.

SALT RAFINERY  The object of the mining rock salt and brine pumping saltworks in particular Leopold shaft, Cetera (brine reservoirs), smelter, cooking, salt storage (chambers), forge and knocker (TURN).  They transported the salt from Varna to store on rails in small wooden carts.  Basically it was the most impressive architectural structure of the entire complex.  Burned down on 18 May 1986.

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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION Renáta Gdovinová Simona Tereková I.D