<--- back to main page The expositions and the opening hours All the expositions are opened: Tuesday - Saturday: 9,00 a.m. - 5,00 p.m. Sunday: 9,00 a.m. - 1,00 p.m. The People - creator of the lasting values (The Peace Marathon Square No. 2) This exposition of the older history enables the public to see the historical development of Slovakia from the time of the first material documents of a human existence on this territory until the year 1848. The Golden Treasure of Košice (The Peace Marathon Square No. 2) The finding of the golden coins from 15th till 17th century is according to its extent the second largest one on the territory of our republic. It contents of 1920 pcs of coins, 3 medals and a renaissance golden chain. The exposition is amended by the Treasure of Bohdanovce, "Little Tresure" of Košice and the Treasure of Veľký Folkmár. Money in our history (The Peace Marathon Square No. 2) The exposition presents the development of the means of payment on the territory of Slovakia from 2nd century BCE till the year 1992. The art of the goldsmiths. (The Peace Marathon Square No. 2) The exposition presents the goldsmiths works of art in Slovakia through the goldsmith's and jeweller's specimens from the before-guild era till contemporary factory and studio production. The nature of Carpathia (Hviezdoslav's Street No. 3) The exposition dedicated to the region of Carpathia. There are the material documents from the historical geology, palaeontology and mineralogy presented in a geological section. The botanical and zoological section of the exposition presents the documents about the occurrence of the vegetable and animal species in their mutual ecological relations. The centuries in the art (Hviezdoslav's Street No. 3) The exposition presents the development of the art from the Early Middle Ages till the beginning of 20th century. In its first section the sacral art is dominated, while in the second one the way of the living from 18th century till the beginning of 20th century is accentuated. "Rodošto" - a memorial house of František Rákoczi II. (Pottery Street No. 7 - The Executioner's bastion) The exposition discloses the life of one of the most expressive historical celebrity performing also on the territory of Košice. The art metal-teeming of the Eastern Slovakia (Pottery Street No. 7 - The Executioner's bastion) The presentation of over 700 years old traditin of the bell-production and the art metal processing by the technology of the teeming. The centuries of Košice - Mikluš's prison (By Mikluš's prison No. 10) The exposition adapted to the interior facilities of the former prison discloses the history of the town Košice. At the end of the exposition a part of the underground places of the former torture chamber are opened for public.

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