The Museum Branch of MMH Svidník

The Museum Branch Svidník is a part of the Museum of Military History in Piešťany. It follows the tradition of the Musuem of Dukla found in 1965. The Museum exhibition was ceremonially opened on 4th Oct 1969 on the 25th anniversary of the Karpathian-Dukla operation. The museum holds in expositional, depository and administration rooms the documentation of the military history in the Slovakia immediately before and throughout the WWI in the East Karpathia, the period between the wars and the WWII period, especially focusing on the Karpathian-Dukla operation, the Partisan movement and the liberation of the Slovakia in 1944 – 1945. Its central exposition serves for the presentation of the documented facts.

Opening hours

Tuesday to Sunday: 09.00 – 17.00 CET

October 16^th - November 30^th
April 1^st – April 30^th :
Tuesday – Friday: 09.00 – 15.00 CET
Saturday – Sunday: 11.00 – 15.00 CET

December 1^st  - March 31^th :
Tuesday – Friday: 09.00 – 15.00 CET
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays (24-26.12; 1.1; 6.1):
closed
Observatory Tower – Dukla:
May 1^st – October 15^th :
Tuesday to Sunday: 09.00 – 17.00 CET.
The exhibition and information pavilion – Dukla:
May 1^st –   October 15^th :
In summer season 2013 is out of order.

Entrance fee: exposition Svidník and the Observatory Tower – Dukla

Adults: 1.00 €
Students and retired: 0.50 €
Children under 15years: free of charge
The entrance to the exhibition and information pavilion – Dukla is free of charge.

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