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Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art

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The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce (MMUAW) was founded in 1991 as the first in the world dedicated to the personality of the king of pop art. Today, the museum is a supraregional specific institution of the museum-gallery type, dealing primarily with current trends in contemporary art and especially the life and work of Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art

The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce (MMUAW) was founded in 1991 as the first in the world dedicated to the personality of the king of pop art. Today, the museum is a supraregional specific institution of the museum-gallery type, dealing primarily with current trends in contemporary art and especially the life and work of Andy Warhol.

Conceptually maps, presents and professionally processes not only the life and work of Andy Warhol, but also current trends in fine arts and culture, the influence of the artist's ethnic group on his work, the influence of pop art on current art and related topics.

MMUAW exposures:

PERMANENT EXHIBITION OF ANDY WARHOL'S WORKS Consists of original works by Andy Warhol lent to a museum by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York, collections by private collectors, and works owned by the museum. The exhibition represents all creative periods of the artist, including his dominant artistic themes. The exhibition consists of about 200 works of art.

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THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION ABOUT ANDY WARHOL'S ORIGIN consists of valuable authentic materials, artifacts obtained or borrowed from the artist's survivors and relatives, documents and props that testify to his Ruthenian origin. The most valuable artifacts in this exhibition include an authentic shirt in which the sons of Julia and Andrej Warhol were baptized, a portrait of Julius Warhol, according to which Andy Warhol made a famous painting of his mother using serigraphy, an artist's camera, tape recorder, sunglasses, artist's clothing and more.

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STANDING EXPOSURE STREET-ART VS. POP-ART This exhibition is most recently enriched with works by Keith Haring, who met Andy Warhol in person. You can see the originals of this important artist in Slovakia only in MMUAW. They are borrowed from private collectors and are currently exhibited in the permanent exhibition of the museum for at least 5 years. In this exhibition, visitors have the opportunity to see, among other things, works of art by no less important authors such as Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Poppy, Bambi and others. This exhibition is unique of its kind.

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Additional information

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

Accepted payments: Cash
Languages: Slovak

Suitable for: Childrens, Families with childrens, Elderly, Handicapped, Young, Adults
Season: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Updated on: 17.7.2019

Opening hours

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may - september
monday - sunday:
10:00 - 17:00
october - december
tuesday - friday:
10:00 - 16:00
october - december
saturday - sunday:
12:00 - 16:00
january - april
tuesday - friday:
10:00 - 16:00
january - april
saturday - sunday:
12:00 - 16:00
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Opening hours

Weather

may - september
monday - sunday:
10:00 - 17:00
october - december
tuesday - friday:
10:00 - 16:00
october - december
saturday - sunday:
12:00 - 16:00
january - april
tuesday - friday:
10:00 - 16:00
january - april
saturday - sunday:
12:00 - 16:00


Contact

Phone: +421 57 748 0072
Website: muzeumaw.sk
Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art
Múzeum moderného umenia Andyho Warhola
068 01  Medzilaborce
Region: Prešovský
District: Medzilaborce
Area: Horný Zemplín
 49.268472, 21.904937

Múzeum moderného umenia Andyho Warhola
068 01  Medzilaborce

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