Museum of Trade

Why visit

The Museum of Trade collects the things people once bought and sold, and the counters, scales and tills they were sold over. It is a light-hearted way into everyday life in Slovakia across generations.

The first object the museum acquired was a wooden shop counter, and it remains a symbol of the collection. The main exhibition is in Podunajské Biskupice, away from the city centre.

What to see

• Sweets and coffee: packaging, tins and equipment from confectioners and coffee roasters.
• Cash registers and calculating machines: mechanical tills and adding machines from small shops and offices.
• Breweries in the museum: bottles, labels and advertising from Czechoslovak breweries.
• Cardboard posters and displays: the shop-window advertising that once filled grocery stores.
• The Oldest Shop in Town: a separate exhibition built around an old shop.

Plan your visit

Plan the trip as a separate outing, as the museum lies in the south-east of the city.

The museum’s own brewery serves house-brewed beer in the evenings, and the museum hosts regular rock and blues concerts; concert ticket holders can see the exhibition before the show.

In the Old Town, the museum also runs a small shop-museum on Biela Street, a few minutes’ walk from the Main Square.