Slovak Technical Museum
The Slovak Technical Museum is a major Slovak technology 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 the name Technical Museum. The museum was renamed to its current name in 1983. Its main exhibits and headquarters are located in the northern part of Košice's Main Street, in the historical public building known as Kapitánsky palác.
Museums
The main museum in Košice's historical centre has collections and exhibits that focus on the history of industrial and technological topics such as mining, metallurgy, artistic crafts, physics, chemistry, steam engines, electrical engineering, energy production, typewriters, phonographs and other sound recording devices, telephones, radiotelegraphy and radios. The museum also includes a planetarium and exhibits related to astronomy and space research.The museum's branches throughout Slovakia are as follows:
- Museum of [Aviation (Košice)|Museum of Aviation] in Košice
- Museum of Transport in Bratislava
- Museum of J.M. Petzval in Spišská Belá
- Manor house in Budimír
- Museum of cinematography of the Schuster family in Medzev
- Foundry in Medzev
- Solivar near Prešov
- Blacksmith's workshop in Moldava nad Bodvou
- Smelter in Vlachovo