Jump to content

Military History Museum Piešťany

Coordinates: 48°36′29″N 17°49′44″E / 48.6080°N 17.8289°E / 48.6080; 17.8289
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military History Museum Piešťany
Vojenské historické múzeum Piešťany
Map
Established
Year 2004
LocationPiešťany, Slovakia
TypeMilitary museum
Websitehttp://www.vhu.sk/the-museum-branch-of-mmh-piestany/

Military History Museum Piešťany (Slovak: Vojenské historické múzeum Piešťany, abbreviation VHM Piešťany) is a military museum in Piešťany in western Slovakia.

It is located in Piešťany Airport in buildings of former military base. It was opened in 2004. Expositions of the museum are focused on aircraft and vehicles of the Czechoslovak army between years 1945 and 1992. As of 31 December 2019, the Piešťany Museum Department registered 9,272 collection items in the collection fund, which are part of 22 museum collections.[1][2][3]

Exhibits include several MiG-29s, many MiG-21s, MiG-23s, different Sukhoi aircraft, several T-34, T-55 and T-72 tanks and many others vehicles and aircraft used by Czechoslovak and Slovak armies.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Múzejné oddelenie Piešťany".
  2. ^ "SVK - Piešťany - Vojenské historické muzeum : Muzea". www.valka.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  3. ^ "Vojenské historické múzeum Piešťany". Slovenský cestovateľ (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-02-22.

48°36′29″N 17°49′44″E / 48.6080°N 17.8289°E / 48.6080; 17.8289