former Central Hotel
Original function:
hotel / tavern / guesthouse
Historical Hungarian county:
Hont
GPS coordinates:
48.068896, 18.949374
History
The hotel was built in 1906. The world "Centrál" is written on its facade.
In 1898 an exhibition was organized at the county hall by Pongrácz Elemér and Matunák Mihály. lt got nationwide attention in Hungary. Afterwards they decided to establish a museum. It was opened in 1902 and was called Museum of Hont. Pongrácz Elemér became its first director. After the Czechoslovak invasion, the museum was closed in 1924 and its collection was taken over by the Museum of Mining in Selmecbánya. The museum could be reopened in 1992 and it managed to recover most of its original collection.
The museum is now located in the renovated Mühlstein House on Rotarides Street. It has a historical, archeological, ethnographical and artistic collection. The gallery of the paintings of Simonyi Lajos and the temporary exhibitions are in the former county hall that is now the town hall.
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