The Museum of the Tatra National Park

The Museum of the Tatra National Park in Tatranská Lomnica has been serving the public for 50 years already. From its beginnings up to now it is a specialized museum in the field of protection of the nature of TANAP, focused on presentation of the living and non-living nature as well as human activities in this area. It also fulfills its irreplaceable function of discovering, documentation, presentation and education. Showpieces from the field of geology, fauna and flora, history and ethnography of the Tatra region are taken care of every day by specialists of the Research Station of the State Forests of TANAP.

Attempts to establish a museum in the High Tatras date back to the year 1874. It was found only on 1^st April, 1957, however. The first exposition of the Museum of TANAP was open to public in 1959 in the former summer residence of counts Szécheny in Tatranská Lomnica. Thematically it was focused on nature of the national park and people under the Tatras. In the new building, serving the museum till today, expositions were open to public on 9^st September 1969, on the occasion of the International symposium connected with the 20^st anniversary of the legal establishment of TANAP.

In the collection fund of the Museum of TANAP there are natural scientific pieces (botany, zoology, geology and paleontology), historical pieces (map documentation, post cards, coins, various objects for everyday use and gallery collections) as well as pieces concerning the society (ethnography). A photo archive is also a part of the collection, the historical and professional literature is concentrated in the library. Interested visitors are offered projections of video-films or lectures about protection of nature in the national park. An irreplaceable role is given not only to information materials about the national park, maps, calendars, magazine Tatry or postcards, but also to professional literature about history and nature protection in the Tatras.

Open year - round:

September - May:
- Monday - Friday 8.00 - 12.00 13.00 - 16.30
- Saturday, Sunday 8.00 - 12.00
June - August:
- Monday - Friday 8.00 - 12.00 13.00 - 17.00
- Saturday, Sunday 8.00 - 15.00

Museum and projection – hall are barrier – free.

Entrance fee:

adults - 1 €
children under 6 years – free entry
children over 6 years - 0.33 €
school groups of more than 20 children - 0.17 €/person

Using of cameras and camcorders:

camera - 1 €
camcorder - 1,66 €

Projection of films:

9,96 € - group of adults
3,32 € - school groups

Offer of films being projected in a hall with 64 seats:

Tatras and their secrets – a poetical film about the Tatra nature and the man inside (Slovak, German, English), projected on a large screen, 30 minutes.

To save the life - the Tatra mountain rescue service, its mission, the past and present, a strong emotional film, (Slovak or Slovak with English subtitles), 25 minutes.

What aunt roe doe was telling – bedtime stories about animals, one in the length of 9 minutes.

Primaeval forests of Slovakia – a film guide through four Slovak primaeval forests, 24 minutes.

Owls of TANAP – 30 minutes

Birds of prey of TANAP – 30 minutes

Tatra forest at the crossroads – 25 minutes

Telling of Tatra calamities – 30 minutes

Rebirth of a lake – 23 minutes

Origin of Štrbské tarn – 10 minutes

Fire under Slavkovský peak – 11 minutes