The Museum of Svätý Anton is located in the village of Svätý Anton, in the heart of the Štiavnica Hills, at the border between Sitno Highlands (west) and Skalka (east). It belongs to the Banská Štiavnica district in the Banská Bystrica region of central Slovakia. Until 1996, the village was also known as Antol. The first written mention of the village dates back to 1266, and its name is derived from the patronage of an older church dedicated to St. Anthony the Hermit.
The museum is housed in an impressive manor house in Baroque-Classical style, surrounded by a beautiful English park. The manor house was built on the site of a medieval fortified castle from the 15th century and has undergone several reconstructions throughout its history. Since 1985, the manor in Svätý Anton has been declared a national cultural monument and, together with the adjacent park, is open to the public.
Manor house in Svätý Anton
The Museum of Svätý Anton is a contributory organization directly managed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic. It is a specialized organization with nationwide scope. The museum systematically collects exhibits, professionally processes the artistic, historical, and hunting collections, and makes them accessible to the public through permanent exhibitions, long-term, short-term, and traveling exhibitions.
The Museum of Svätý Anton serves as the national hunting museum of Slovakia and engages in various international activities. It carries out professional and methodological work, processes, presents, and utilizes material documents related to the comprehensive documentation of the development and present of hunting in Slovakia, as well as the history of the Koháry and Coburg families. In the field of hunting and research into the history of the Koháry and Coburg families, it collaborates with professional institutions in Slovakia and abroad. All findings are used to develop cultural and educational activities.
Establishment
The Museum of Svätý Anton is a state contributory organization established on January 1, 1999, by the Regional Office in Banská Bystrica by the founding charter no. 98/054001 dated December 17, 1998, as amended by decisions of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic no. 2232/2001-100 dated July 16, 2001, no. 6638/2005-250 dated November 24, 2005, no. 6258/2206-250 dated November 28, 2006, and no. 5235/2007-250 dated December 13, 2007.
Form of management:
State contributory organization
Founding charter:
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic, number 1288/2018 - 250 dated March 14, 2018