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FEBRUARY 2020

SNM – Natural History Museum Vajanského nábrežie 2, Bratislava

TRITRI – Tatry through the eyes of a geologist, until March 01,2020 Exhibition of geo-photography of the High Tatras with artistic value, supplemented by collection items of extinct animals and rocks from this interesting natural and geological locality.

Exhibition URSUS ARCTOS (brown bear), until March 01,2020 An interactive popular-educational exhibition presenting the largest beast of our forests in an interesting and innovative way. The exhibition was established in cooperation with the State Nature Conservation of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic.

Lectures on astronomy for the public, February 6, 2020, 5 PM In cooperation with OZ Planetarium Bratislava. SNM - PM, free entry.

Astronomy at the Canary Islands, February 27, 2020, 5 PM Lecturer: Mgr. Patrik Čechvala, FMFI UK Bratislava. Exploration room SNM – PM, free entry.

Accompanying events to the TRITRI exhibition, February 4., 11., 18. and 25, 2020, 5 PM Lectures for the public. Exploration room SNM – PM, free entry On ancient creatures that lived in the Tatras, when there was not even Tatras , February 4, .2020 Lecturer: doc. Jozef Michalík, Institute of Earth Sciences, SAV. Gold in the Tatras, 18.02.2020 Lecturer: Prof. Martin Chovan, KMP PriF UK in Bratislava.

Astronomers' Club, February 6 and 27 2020 at 5 PM and in times of interesting astronomical phenomena For those interested in space and astronomy, without age and education restrictions.

Programs for schools Upon request for groups, activities and programs within the project School in the Museum, a more detailed offer of activities and programs at http://www.snm.sk/?vzdelavacie-programy-prirodovedne; tel. no.: 02/20 469 127, e-mail: [email protected]

Slovak National Museum, building of the registered office Vajanského nábrežie 2, Bratislava

Fighting for in 1919 and the French military mission until February 02, 2020 The exhibition commemorates the struggle for the joint state and the share of the French military mission in the successful course of the establishment of the power of in Slovakia.

Michal Milan Harminc, the Museum builder, until May 31, 2020 Exhibition project for the 150th anniversary of the birth of a major builder and representative of the so-called first generation of Slovak architects.

SNM – Historical Museum

Theater Century: Traces and Attitudes, from February 28 to October 5, 2020 A large exhibition entitled Theater Century: Traces and Attitudes was prepared by the Theater Institute in cooperation with the Slovak National Theater. It reveals the main directions, events and personalities of Slovak professional theater from its beginnings to the present and focuses on the cultural and social events that have had the greatest impact on the development of Slovak theater.

Milan Rastislav Štefánik. General – Liberator, until March 29 2020 Astronomer, soldier, aviator, politician, diplomat, French Brigadier General. An exhibition presenting the rich life of the prominent Slovak diplomat Milan Rastislav Štefánik.

N89 - The Road to Freedom, until November 22,2020 We have been enjoying freedom for three decades. With the exhibition N89 – The Road to Freedom, we commemorate not only the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, but also the courage and desire of people to change their lives in the then totalitarian Czechoslovakia.

Northern representative premises of Bratislava Castle, until December 31, 2020 Representative premises of Francis I. - the husband of Queen Maria Theresa, are located here.

SNM – Archaeological Museum Žižkova 12 , 810 06 Bratislava 16

Archaeological Café, February 25, 2020, at 5 PM Cycle of lectures on archeology.

SNM – Museum of Žižkova 14, Bratislava

Transformations of Zuckermandla A long-term exhibition about the part of Bratislava's Podhradie

SNM – Hungarian Culture Museum in Slovakia Žižkova 18, Bratislava

Zoltán Nagy: In the Field, February 09,.2020 In addition to drawing, the artist has devoted a long time to copper-carving, drawing ink, collage and painting. In his work, he uses many materials - he paints on cardboard, fibreboard and kitchen doors using mainly oil and acrylic. He works boldly with the canvas, repeatedly washes it, mechanically distorts it, staples it, paints it over - simply provokes.

Guided tour of the exhibition of Zoltán Nagy: In the Field, February 2, 2020, from 3 PM to 5 PM. Guided exhibition.

SNM – Museum of Jewish Culture Zsigray Mansion, Židovská 17, Bratislava

Dita Ziss – Reflections, from February 04, 2020 to May 26, 2020 The work of Israeli photographer Dita Ziss presented using a mosaic of several genre and thematic photographs. The author focuses on photography of everyday objects and details, she likes landscape and street photography, light, shadows and especially reflections, which are the leitmotif of this exhibition. Curator: M.A. Michal Vanek, PhD.

SNM – Museum of Croatian Culture in Slovakia Istrijská ulica 68, Bratislava

Saga Croatica, until February 25, 2020 The phenomenon of emigration from the end of the 19th century to the Second World War as seen by the authors Rajka Bucin, Tatjana Saric and Marijana Jukic. The exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect on the current issue of migration in the world and how easily each person can become a modern nomad in this world.

SNM – Music Museum, Exhibition Pavilion Podhradie Žižkova 16, Bratislava

Exhibition: "... and called it Dobro®", until January 31, 2020 The story of resophonic and electroacoustic instruments with lots of photographs and unique collection items (some of which are gifts from the Dopyer family). In the 1920s in the United States, the Dopyers brothers (Slovak natives) constructed the world's first resophonic guitar under the name Tricone and later its famous wooden model with the Slovak name Dobro®.

SNM – Ľudovít Štúr Museum in Štúrova 84, Modra

Jana Lepejová – selection from creation until February 29, 2020 An exhibition of young artist Jana Lepejová, known as Jane-Beata, who works with watercolor, acrylic, ink and oil. She focuses on portraiture and painting on bodies, but occasionally depicts other objects (landscape, nature, animals). She lives and works in Modra.

SNM – MĽŠ – Museum of Slovak Ceramic Sculpture Kukučínova 15, Modra

Ingác Bizmayer's Gallery The permanent exhibition represents a selection of works by the top representative of figurative pottery art in Slovakia.

Handicraft and agricultural scenes in pottery decor, until February 29, 2020 The exhibition shows the creation of local potters.

From the history of Modra‘s pottery The exposition captures the development of the pottery tradition in Modra from the period of the first written sources until the present day.

SNM –Červený Kameň Museum Červený Kameň Castle, Častá

Huncokars – People from The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of the inhabitants of the forests of the Little Carpathians, who through their hard, thorough work and skills left a permanent mark in the Small Carpathian forests. Huncokars were German lumberjacks who were called Huncokars by the locals.

Large and small sightseeing tour A tour of the period interior furnishings of the nobility from the Renaissance period to the Art Nouveau period. You will also get to know the original interiors of the castle.