The Museum of the Tatra National Park - Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia
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The Museum of the Tatra National Park in Tatranská Lomnica.
Waymark Code: WM79E8
Location: Prešovský kraj, Slovakia
Date Posted: 09/23/2009
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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.
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.
Open year - round:
* September - May:
o Monday - Friday 8.00 - 12.00 13.00 - 16.30
o Saturday, Sunday 8.00 - 12.00
* June - August:
o Monday - Friday 8.00 - 12.00 13.00 - 17.00
o Saturday, Sunday 8.00 - 15.00
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
Source: www.lesytanap.sk
Open Year Round?: yes
Live Animal Displays: no
Hours: Not listed
Interpretive Programs?: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
Visitors should visit the Nature Center and post a photo of themselves (or GPS unit) either inside or outside of the nature center visited. Logs without photos WILL be allowed if a lenghty description of one's visit and a mention of what they learned is included.