Note: To check on opening hours of
any museum in Bratislava (http://www.bratislava.sk/en/vismo5/o_utvar.asp?u=700000&id_org=700000&id_u=2006465&p1=2014656 )
Municipal
Museum St. Michael´s Tower (in
Old City Hall)
Highlights are instruments
of torture from medieval times ("Exhibition
of Feudal Justice") and exhibit
of paintings and photos of the city
that document how the city has changed
in the last 150 years. You will come
away with an appreciation of just
how much of the Old Town (and the
whole Jewish Quarter) were destroyed
during the Soviet period.
More info: http://www.muzeum.sk/defaulte.php?obj=muzeum&ix=mmba_en
(coming soon in English)
Slovak
National Gallery
Housed in two historic
buildings along the river, this is
the best collection of Slovak art
in the city. See the exhibits on applied
arts, naïve/folk arts and crafts,
and medieval ecclesiastical statues
and carvings, especially carved altar
panels by Slovakia’s most famous
Gothic artist, Master Pavol of Levoca;
also paintings by 19th c. expressionist
Slovak painter Ladislav Mednansky,
one of Central Europe’s most
important artists.
Open
Document
Museum
of Viticulture/Wine Production More info:
Museum
of Historic Clocks
Below Bratislava Castle,
this pretty Rococo wedding-cake slice
of a building (just 6 ft wide) is
worth a quick look.
More info: http://www.bratislava.sk/en/vismo5/o_utvar.asp?d=17&u=700000&id_org=700000&id_u=2006473&p1=2002556
(coming soon in English)
Museum
of Jewish Culture
History and culture
of Jews living in the territory of
Slovakia, also information about the
70,000 Slovak Holocaust victims.More Info:
(There are also exhibits on Slovak
Jewish culture in Presov, Zilina and
Trnava http://www.slovak-jewish-heritage.org)
Bratislava City Gallery(Galeria Mesta Bratislava)
Housed in two palaces from the 18th and 19th centuries – worth seeing themselves – are permanent collections of baroque art, gothic paiting and sculpture, and 19th and 20th century art. The Palffy Palace houses temporary exhibits also.
Mirbach Palace http://www.gmb.sk/en/page/mirbach-palace
Palffy Palace http://www.gmb.sk/en/page/palffy-palace
Chatam
Sofer Memorial
The grave of this
famous Talmudic scholar and founder
of Bratislava’s yeshiva (1806)
was bulldozed in the 1970s to make
way for a tramline; a dramatic new
memorial was erected in 2002.
NOTE: The memorial is not a museum
– it is a funerary shrine and
place of worship. Visitors must contact
the Jewish Community in Bratislava
to arrange a visit
Email: znoba@i4u.sk
Fax: 011 421 2 5441 8041
More
info or http://www.chatamsofer.com
Part of the Slovak National Museum,
which manages many Museums around
the country.
Archaeological
museum
Includes 22,8000-yr old Venus
from Moravany and exhibit
on 1,000 years of history of Bratislava
Castle.More Info
Historical
Museum –
History of the city, art history,
historical exhibit of furniture (especially
Art Nouveau pieces), silver artifacts,
handicrafts, clocks in a vault originally
used to store the crown jewels. Great
view of the city from Crown Tower.More Info
Museum
of folk music in Luginsland
Tower (Dedicstvo hudobnych) wonderful
collection of traditional folk music
instruments.More Info
Gerulata
in Rusovce (Rusovce is a suburb)
Exhibition of finds from the oldest
structure in Slovakia -- a 2,000
year old Roman fortress (1st
- 4th century A.D.).
More
info
Danubiana
(A short drive outside the city) Slovakia’s
premier modern art museum in a striking
building.
More
info
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