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The institution was founded in Šahy in 1902 as a county museum. Its establishment was initiated by the Hontian-County Museum Society, headed by Elemér Pongrácz. The museum disappeared due to changes in the administrative division of the country in 1924. The last curator was the first Hungarian Olympian Alajos Szokolyi.

Hontian Museum

The institution was founded in Šahy in 1902 as a county museum. Its establishment was initiated by the Hontian-County Museum Society, headed by Elemér Pongrácz. The museum disappeared due to changes in the administrative division of the country in 1924. The last curator was the first Hungarian Olympian Alajos Szokolyi.

The re-establishment of the institution as a municipal museum took place in 1992. Since 1995, it has been operating in two buildings - at J. Rotarides 13 (Hontian Museum) and at Pivničná 1 (Ľudovít Simonyi Gallery, formerly Hontian Gallery).

Exhibitions: There are still exhibitions of ethnography and history of the Hontian region in the Hontian Museum. Short-term art exhibitions in the Ľudovít Simonyi Gallery. The institution also provides art exhibitions for the Menor Saag Centrum Artis (restored synagogue on Bartók Square in Šahy).

Other activities: The institution deals with archaeological research in the region, organizes social science lectures and patriotic excursions.

Other points of interest: Holocaust Memorial in the courtyard of the Hontian Museum, memorial plaque of the 100-year-old Hontian-County Museum Society and memorial plaque of Elemér Pongrácz on the facade of the Hontian Museum, a sculpture by Adriena Kutakova entitled Relationships in the courtyard of the Ľudovít Simonyi Gallery.

Additional information

Transport: By foot, By bike, By car, By train, By bus
Parking: Free parking nearby, Paid parking nearby

Accepted payments: Cash
Languages: Slovak

Suitable for: Childrens, Families with childrens, Elderly, Handicapped, Young, Adults
Updated on: 25.5.2018
Source: Mesto Šahy

Opening hours

Weather

monday - friday:
09:00 - 12:00
12:30 - 15:45
saturday:
09:00 - 12:00

Contact

Phone: +421 36 7412 365
E-mail: muzeum@sahy.sk
Hontian Museum
J.Rotaridesa 13
936 01  Šahy
Region: Nitriansky
District: Levice
Area: Dolné Pohronie and Poiplie, Tekov
 48.072078, 18.948757

J.Rotaridesa 13
936 01  Šahy

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