The mission of the Museum

The mission of the Museum

Bratislava City Museum documents and presents the history of the city

The Bratislava City Museum is an institution both collecting and preserving artefacts and documents as well as researching and providing cultural and education activities in the museum sector for the area of the city of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

The aim of the Museum‘s principal activity

Based on survey and scientific research, the main mission of the Museum is to acquire, professionally manage, scientifically enhance, use and display museum collections of material artefacts and create knowledge system focusing on the history of the capital city of Slovakia.

To acquire objects of cultural value and systematic collection building as a part of the cultural heritage of the city of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

To provide professional management of collection items by means of scientific recording, scientific research and protection.

To make public results of collecting and professional activities by means of exhibitions and displays, publishing and presentation activities.

To organise exhibitions and displaying exhibits of other legal or natural persons from the Slovak Republic as well as from abroad.

To provide popularisation of collections and results of scientific activities also by means of non-formal learning, organising public events – public lectures, programmes, workshops, conferences, seminars and audiovisual activities.  

To manage specific scientific library and documentation for further use and presentation of museum collections.

To provide distribution, sale and business activities with objects of museum activities at home as well as abroad. The Museum can practice business activities beyond the aim of its principal activity subject to the limits and conditions laid down in the relevant measures of the awarding authority.

To establish direct relations with other legal and natural persons involved in the protection of the cultural heritage in the Slovak Republic and abroad.

Nádvorie Starej radnice
Nádvorie Starej radnice
Pohľad na Múzeum dejín mesta Starú radnicu z Primaciálneho námestia
Pohľad na Múzeum dejín mesta Starú radnicu z Primaciálneho námestia
Pohľad na Múzeum dejín mesta Starú radnicu z Hlavného námestia
Pohľad na Múzeum dejín mesta Starú radnicu z Hlavného námestia

 

•    Awarding authority: the capital of the Slovak Republic Bratislava
•    Legal form: subscription organisation
•    Statutory authority is the director
•    In-house relations are governed by the Staff Regulations