Nové poznatky o niekdajšom prikostolnom múzeu v Marianke
New knowledge about the former church museum in Marianka

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the latest findings on the history and contents of the so-called nighmuseum in Marianka. The collection of objects has a long tradition in Marianka, which dates back to the Pauline pilgrim treasury. The museum in question was founded by the Comforter Brothers order in 1940 and disappeared with the dissolution of the monastery in 1950. In-depth research based on brief reports in the pilgrimage magazine Mariatál and the discovery of historical photographs by Ovidius Faust, has succeeded in greatly expanding the state of knowledge. The photographs specifically visualize two additional rooms of the museum and depict both preserved and lost works of art. Some of them can still be found in Marianka, others have been proven to have made their way into the collections of the Museum of the City of Bratislava. The photographs of Ovidius Faust were taken in 1960, thus proving that the definitive demise of the museum‘s exhibitions was postponed to a later period than previously assumed.

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