CURRENT STATE OF MILITARY MUSEOLOGY IN SLOVAKIA

Abstract

The area of the Slovak Republic has served over history as a ‘melting pot’ of civilizations and migrations. Thus during numerous conflicts and wars it turned into a stage of military operations. It is remarkable that a relatively small surface of the country gave so much space to numerous armies. Those campaigns have left many traces, represented by battlefields, monuments and also movable items, militaria. However, since Slovakia is a relatively young republic, several problems are present with respect to building military museology on the national level. In the past, Slovakia’s military museology was presented mostly in museums in other countries. The fall of the Communist regime enabled to transform the existing military museums into serious institution to present and research into the national military history. Currently, the process of the development of military museology in our country can neither be considered as completed nor as satisfactory.

Keywords

• Slovakia
• military museology
• militaria collectors
• military history
• museums