The East Slovak Museum ( sk, Východoslovenské múzeum) in

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, is one of the oldest Slovak museums, founded in 1872. It is located in the

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borough of Košice, at ''Námestie maratóncov'' (Marathon Runners' Square). The museum was founded on 25 June 1876 as ''Felső-Magyarországi Muzeum'' (Museum of

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), in the

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. In 1906, it was renamed to ''Felső-magyarországi Rákóczi Múzeum'' after the reburial of

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. A neo-

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building was erected in the early 20th century. It was the first building in the town designed to serve its needs as a

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. There are sculptures of

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and

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on the facade of the building. The museum also possesses a relocated wooden church that was built in 1741.

Exhibits

The main museum building is located at Marathon Runners' Square in central Košice, just outside the Old Town's traditional northern boundary. It serves as the headquarters of the institution, housing several permanent exhibits. It also features a great number of exhibition spaces for temporary exhibits pertaining to history, archaeology, fine arts, historical photography, biology and nature, and other related topics. Temporary exhibitions in the museum tend to last several weeks or even months. The current number of permanent exhibitions in the main museum underwent a general overhaul in the early-to-mid 2010s, during the main museum building's biggest maintenance renovation in its history. The renovation lasted from September 2008 to September 2013. In addition to the main museum building, the museum has further branch exhibits in other parts of the Old Town borough, such as the permanent exhibits on nearby Hviezdoslavova Street, the permanent exhibits on Pri Miklušovej väznici and Stará Baštová streets, the specialised exhibition spaces on Hrnčiarska Street, and others. The following sections provide an overview of the museum's main exhibits, both current and former.

Current exhibits

Exhibits and exhibition spaces currently operated by the museum.

Former exhibits

Major exhibits and exhibition spaces operated by the museum in the past. No longer in existence, administered by different museums in the present or developed into separate museums. Listed in rough chronological order, based on date of founding.

Gallery

Main building (exterior and interior views) File:14670-Kassa-1912-Felsömagyarorszagy Rakoczy muzeum-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag.jpg, The museum in 1912 (period postcard) File:Kosice (Slovakia) - East Slovak Museum.jpg, The entrance facade during daytime (2005) File:Východoslovenské múzeum - panoramio (1).jpg, Museum at night time (July 2013) File:Východoslovenské múzeum - panoramio (2).jpg, Museum at night time (December 2014) File:Staircase in the East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24.jpg, Decorated handrails of the main staircase Wooden church of St. Nicholas and belfry (museum park) File:East Slovak Museum, open air exhibition, Kosice 2018-05-2.jpg, The wooden church of St. Nicholas, originally from Kožuchovce File:Open air exhibition the East Slovak Museum, Kosice 2018-05.jpg, The wooden church of St. Nicholas, originally from Kožuchovce File:Wooden Church from Kožuchovce, Kosice, Slovakia.jpg, The wooden belfry and church from Kožuchovce File:East Slovak Museum, open air exhibition, Kosice 2018-05.jpg, The wooden belfry from Kožuchovce Archaeological collections File:0029 Tragbar Lehmofen der Otomani-Kultur im Karpatenbecken, zirka 16 Jh. v. Chr..JPG, Portable clay stove of the Ottomány culture File:00 DSC 0381 celtic pottery Die Eisenzeit in ostslowakischen Raum. Verschidene Typen keltischer Keramik..jpg, Iron Age Celtic pottery (2nd century BC) File:004 Ein Topf aus römischer Zeit in ostslowakischen Raum.jpg, Roman era ceramic pot File:00 DSC 0513 potter's stove from Roman period. Töpferofen (Rekonstruktion) aus römischer Zeit in ostslowakischen Raum.jpg, Roman era pottery stove File:0094 Wandalische Keramik des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. in ostslowakischen Raum..jpg,

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ceramic bowl (3rd century AD) Period furniture collections File:Wedding chest, East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24.jpg, A historical wedding chest File:Ceramic stove - East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24-2.jpg,

Cocklestove A masonry heater (also called a masonry stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature ...

File:Folk art interior, Abaúj county - East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24-2.jpg, Folk art interior, typical of

Abov county Abov (Hungarian: ''Abaúj'') is historically the Slovak name of an Abaúj County in the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it is an informal designation of the part of that county situated in Slovakia, as well as the official name of one of Slovakia's to ...

File:Pharmacy interior - East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24.jpg, Historical pharmacy display in the East Slovak Museum File:Art Nouveau interior - East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24.jpg, Art Nouveau interior Art history exhibit (Hviezdoslavova Street) File:Miniaturist from Delft - double page from the book of watches in the East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24.jpg, Medieval book by anonymous miniaturist from

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File:Sculpture of St Martin, East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24.jpg, Sculpture of St Martin File:Countryside, c 1820 - East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24.jpg, Painting from the 1820s Natural history exhibit (Hviezdoslavova Street) File:Minerals in the East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24-2.jpg, Mineral exhibit File:Minerals in the East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24-6.jpg, Various minerals found in east Slovakia File:Minerals in the East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24-5.jpg, Various minerals found in east Slovakia File:Minerals in the East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24-7.jpg, Various minerals found in east Slovakia File:Minerals in the East Slovak Museum, 2018-05-24-4.jpg,

Apophyllite The name apophyllite refers to a specific group of phyllosilicates, a class of minerals. Originally, the group name referred to a specific mineral, but was redefined in 1978 to stand for a class of minerals of similar chemical makeup that compris ...

, mangano calcite and

stilbite Stilbite is the name of a series of tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group. Prior to 1997, stilbite was recognized as a mineral species, but a reclassification in 1997 by the International Mineralogical Association changed it to a series nam ...

File:Wooden opal, 2018-05-24.jpg, Wooden

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from east Slovakia File:Archeopteryx, 2018-05-24.jpg,

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fossil File:Ammonites, 2018-05-24.jpg,

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bones Fortifications exhibit, Rodošto memorial house and House of Crafts File:Košice - Hrnčiarska 7-2.jpg, Entrance gate to the Executioner's Bastion complex and courtyard File:Rodosto house, Kosice 2018-05.jpg, The entire courtyard at the Executioner's Bastion and Rodošto memorial house File:Delo 2.jpg, Period cannon at the exhibit's courtyard File:Kosice (Kassa) - Rodosto house - panoramio.jpg, Park near Rodošto memorial house and a section of the city walls File:Košice - Hrnčiarska 7 - Katova bašta a Rodošto-2.jpg, Rodošto memorial house (foreground) and House of Crafts exhibit (background) File:Košice - Hrnčiarska 9 - múr-1.jpg, House of Crafts front entrance from further up Hrnčiarska Street

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