The Zemplín Museum

The Zemplín Museum in Michalovce was established in 1957 as a homeland-study museum. Since 1965 has been operating under its current name. Collections and expositions are situated in baroque – classicistic manor house of the aristocrats from Staré and Michalovce. The manor house developed from an older castle in the17th century, his last reconstruction was realised during 1930s, when it took its final appearance. The manor house, former grange and surrounding buildings including reconstructed foundations of important sacral structure within museum´s area are considered to be cultural monuments.

The Zemplín Museum is responsible for documentation of biotic and abiotic elements of local nature and overall cultural and economic development of the Zemplín region as well.

Website of museum: www.zemplinskemuzeum.sk