The exposition of mining and metallurgy of Gemer:

The exposition is installed in the oldest building in middle Europe, built as a museum of mining and metallurgy. It presents the history of the mining and metallurgy of Gemer from the middle ages to present days with samples of primitive mining tools, means of communication, mining measuring and lightning techniques. The part of exposition is a copy of middle age board painting Metercia.

Entrance fee:

Adults: 1 EUR

Students, seniors: 0,50 EUR

Mining workplaces:

The exposition in cellar is thematically united with the mining – metallurgy exposition. It shows mining works in underground with samples of mining workplaces. The mining works including equipment and working tools give visitor a real view on working place of miner.

Entrance fee:

Adults: 0,50 EUR

Students, seniors: 0,20 EUR

The Exposition of nature of Slovenský kras and surrounding areas:

The exposition in the building of former orphanage shows wealth, variety and heterogeneity of flora and fauna according to biotopes. It documents natural border of northern and Panonian flora. It offers visitors a very precisely solved exhibition of minerals.

Entrance fee:

Adults: 1 EUR

Students, seniors: 0,50 EUR
The total fee of all three expositions is 2,50 EUR for adults and 1,20 EUR  for students and seniors.

Historická expozícia – prezentačný múzejný depozitár :

Šafáriková 31, 048 01 Rožňava
tel.: 058/734 37 10

Forma prezentácie zbierok je na Slovensku ojedinelá. Expozícia je umiestnená v budove niekdajšej Markovej manufaktúry na výrobu kože. Predstavujú sa tu najkrajšie a najvzácnejšie zbierkové predmety múzea, preto by táto expozícia mohla mať aj názov Múzejné zážitkové centrum.

Vstupné: dospelí 1 EUR (30,12,-Sk) študenti, dôchodcovia 0,50 EUR (15,06,-Sk)

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The Historical exposition:

The form of presentation of collections is unique in all Slovakia. The exposition is situated in the building of former Mark’s leather manufacture.
The most beautiful and the most precious collection objects of museum are situated here. Therefore this exposition could have a title: Museum’s experience centre.

Entrance fee:

Adults: 1 EUR

Students, seniors: 0,50 EUR

Gallery of Mining museum:

The exposition is focused on the presentation of own and foreign exhibitions of creative art.

Entrance fee:

Adults: 1 EUR

Students, seniors: 0,50 EUR

Gallery of Andrássy

The original building of exposition in Krásnohorské Podhradie was built in the years 1908 – 1909 by Dionýz Andrássy – the owner of Krásnohorské Podhradie domain of those times – with purpose of installing his precious collection of creative art.

Nowadays there are examples of creative art – mainly portraits from past centuries from the collection fund of Mining museum in Rožňava and from the castle Krásna Hôrka and castle of Betliar.

Entrance fee:

Adults: 0,40 EUR

Students, seniors: 0,20 EUR

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From the history of Mining museum in Rožňava

Mining museum in Rožňava was established in the year 1902 by the initiative of Boršodskogemerská group of Regional Hungary mining and metallurgy society with the help of the Rožňava city and financial gifts by Františka and Dionýz Andrássy. The creator of idea of establishing the mining museum was the author of monograph about mining in Gemer, the director of mines in the city of Železník – Gustáv Eisele.

The museum was built in the year 1905 according to project of the director of Rožňava mines – Alexander Muller. The first exposition with mining and metallurgy themes and mineralogical collections here was opened to the public for the first time in the year 1912. In this year the City museum in Rožňava was established as well. This museum was established thanks to the initiative of city intellectuals from Rožňava with their leader – chairman of conversation group of Rožňava – Ladislav Réz and schoolmasters from whom, because of his initiative was historian – Dr. Rudolf Hazslinszky most famous. He was the first director of City museum. The City museum was in the period between two world wars thanks to well educated director Koloman Tichy very active.

During the war the museum of mining and metallurgy was not active because the whole building was occupied by army. Both institutions were united in the year 1940. The first constant exposition was opened in the year 1943 and consisted of two parts: mining – metallurgy – mineralogical and historical. Despite the fact that this exposition was opened twelve months only, the director Tichy established progressive methods of work: he employed many experts, published his experiences in newspapers, published results of elaborating of objects in museum and archives, he prepared series of radio broadcasting.

War years had a negative effect on the museum. The part of collection fund was stolen and until the year 1956 the building was used for many purposes, but not for the needs of museum. After interferences from Czechoslovakian union of museum and political and state authorities the museum reopened. The first post- war exposition focused on mining and metallurgy of Gemer was opened in the May 1956.

The biggest material and personal growth was in the years 1974 – 1985. There were another objects added, educated experts employed, number of collections and expositions rose up.

( str. 3 z 3 ) Short time exhibitions were shown on the regular basis. From the year 1989 the expositions are being installed in the Exposition of creative art hall.

In the year 1981 the exposition Nature of Slovenský kras and close areas, was opened. In the year 1982, thanks to initiative of employees of museum, the exposition Mining workplaces was created in the cellar spaces. In May 1995, after reconstruction, the Exposition of mining and metallurgy of Gemer was reopened, in the year 1990 the permanent exhibition of creative arts was established in the Andrássy gallery. The last, sixth permanent exposition of museum – The historical exposition, was established in the year 1999 because of the need to protect and present great amount of precious objects from museum’s funds.

The most important dates in the history of the museum:

• 1902 – Establishment of the Mining – metallurgy museum in Rožňava

• 1912 – The first exposition of Mining – metallurgy museum in Rožňava

• 1912 – Establishment of City museum in Rožňava and its first exposition

• 1931 – The renovation of the activities of the City museum in Rožňava after First World War

• 1938 – The Mining – metallurgy and City museum in Rožňava was created after the fusion of two museums

• 1943 – 1. 8. – The opening of permanent exposition of the united museum

• 1943 – 1. 11. – The Mining – metallurgy and City museum in Rožňava was closed

• 1956 – Reopening the museum after the Second World War – The museum of the district of Rožňava