Open AccessCURRENT STATE OF MILITARY MUSEOLOGY IN SLOVAKIA
Author(s) -
Pavol Šteiner
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
muzealnictwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2391-4815
pISSN - 0464-1086
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0014.1511
Subject(s) - museology , geography , political science , communism , institution , history , archaeology , ancient history , law , politics
The area of the Slovak Republic has served overhistory as a ‘melting pot’ of civilizations and migrations. Thusduring numerous conflicts and wars it turned into a stage ofmilitary operations. It is remarkable that a relatively small surfaceof the country gave so much space to numerous armies. Thosecampaigns have left many traces, represented by battlefields,monuments and also movable items, militaria. However, sinceSlovakia is a relatively young republic, several problems arepresent with respect to building military museology on thenational level. In the past, Slovakia’s military museology waspresented mostly in museums in other countries. The fall of theCommunist regime enabled to transform the existing militarymuseums into serious institution to present and researchinto the national military history. Currently, the process of thedevelopment of military museology in our country can neitherbe considered as completed nor as satisfactory.