Slovak Technical Museum

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The museum on the Main Street (Hlavná ulica) in Košice.

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Museum of J.M. Petzval in Spišská Belá.

The Slovak Technical Museum (Slovak: Slovenské technické múzeum) is a museum based in the eastern Slovak city of Košice, with branches throughout Slovakia. It was established in 1947 and opened to the public in 1948 under name Technical Museum (Technické múzeum), renamed in 1983 to the current name.

Museums

The main museum has expositions focused on metallurgy, writing machines, physics, chemistry, astronomy (with planetarium), mining, electrical engineering, energy and art crafts.

Branches throughout Slovakia are as follows:

• Museum of Aviation in Košice (opened 2002)
• Museum of Transport in Bratislava (opened 1999, specialising in road and rail transport)
• Museum of J.M. Petzval in Spišská Belá (opened 1964)
• Manor house in Budimír (opened 1990, focusing on historical clocks)
• Museum of cinematography of the Schuster family in Medzev
• Foundry in Medzev (opened 1967)
• Solivar near Prešov (opened 2001, focusing on technology for boiling and pumping of salt)
• Blacksmith's workshop in Moldava nad Bodvou
• Smelter in Vlachovo

See also

• List of museums in Slovakia
• List of transport museums in Slovakia

External links

• Official site
• Museum of Transport
• Museum of Aviation (unofficial site)
• Museum of J. M. Petzval (Spišská Belá municipal site)