Despite its natural history, the Trenčín Museum is a patriotic type museum. Owns and manages collections of historical, artistic, natural science, literary-historical or ethnographic character, rich collections in the field of numismatics, faleristics, philocarty, militaria and weapons, arts and crafts, etc. The museum manages 175,449 pieces of collection items. The most valuable collections in the collections of the Trenčín Museum undoubtedly include an extensive and artistically and historically interesting pictorial collection of the Ilešházi family, the main and hereditary trenches of Trenčín and Liptov, the lords of Trenčín Castle since 1594 to 1835th
Trenčín Museum, in addition to its main building on Peace Square, the so-called The county house is managed in Trenčín by Trenčín Castle with several expositions, Karner sv. Michala, so-called Executioner's house and several expositions and buildings outside Trenčín. The branch Podjavorínskej museum in Nové Mesto nad Váhom is an exhibition From the history of Nove Mesto nad Vahom and surrounding area, in Ambrovskej mansion in Beckove the exhibition on the history of this town, association Tatrín a major national revivalist Jozef Miloslav Hurban, exposure to Draškovičovský mansion in Čachticiach recalls not only the history of Čachtice, but also the infamous "Bloody Countess" Alžbeta Bátoryová. In Bzince pod Javorinou it is possible to see the Memorial Room of the writer Ľudmila Podjavorinská. Birth house Ľ. Štúra and A. Dubček are located in Uhrovec.
Trenčín's strategic location near the Váh fords and important Carpathian passes was noticed by the ancient Romans, as evidenced by the famous "Roman inscription" on the Trenčín castle cliff, who had the legate II carved in honor of the victory of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus. Legion of the Auxiliary Marcus Valerius Maximianus in 179 AD.
The Trenčín Museum, as a part of a region with a rich history and culture, devotes great effort to the history of Trenčín and its surroundings, as evidenced by the exhibition From the History and Culture of the Free Royal City of Trenčín and the former Trenčín County. Trenčín was established as a trading settlement under a powerful castle in the 12th century. In 1412, it received the privileges of a free royal city and is currently a regional city and the seat of regional state administration bodies.
For almost 700 years it has served as an administrative, commercial and cultural center of Central Považie. He has largely maintained this position to this day. It is the center of the Trenčín self-governing region. The Trenčín Museum invites you to a tour of the Expositions located in its historic buildings. Click on Expositions or Virtual tour from the menu, where you can also view our expositions with a virtual view.
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