Slovak National Gallery

Why visit

The Slovak National Gallery (SNG) is the country’s main art museum, with Slovak and European art from the Middle Ages to today.

Its Danube-front complex reopened in 2022 after a long reconstruction. It joins the Baroque Water Barracks, the Esterházy Palace and Vladimír Dedeček’s Bridge, a modernist wing raised above the old barracks.

What to see

• Sacred Art: rare Gothic and Baroque paintings and sculptures, with icons and European paintings up to the 19th century.
• The Modern: Slovak art from the first half of the 20th century in paintings, sculpture, prints and photography.
• European Painting of the Early Modern Period: the best early European works in the collection.
• Design Unpacked: design, applied arts and crafts.
• From Collector to Art Patron: works from the Linea Collection donated by the Zubaľ family.
• Experimental displays: the Antimuseum of conceptual artist Július Koller and the Kornel Földvári library of adventure books.
• Architecture: walk the courtyards and the Bridge for views over the Danube.

Plan your visit

Paid admission, with free entry on one Sunday a month. Allow at least two hours for the permanent displays, more if you add a temporary exhibition.

There is no visitor parking. Hviezdoslav Square is a 3-minute walk, and trams stop on Ľudovít Štúr Square close by.