Dirner Alexander – Hlaváčová Júlia – Mešterová Jana – Labanič Eugen – Schwartzová Agnesa

Title: Vedecko – technické centrum pre mládež v Košiciach

(Scientific – Technical Centre for Children and Youth in Košice) – pdf

Abstract: Slovak Technical Museum (STM) provides a view to the history of the science and technology. It presents the contribution of Slovakia and Slovak personalities to the development of the world’s science and technology. As the only institution in Slovakia it collects and evaluates pieces of evidence related to the development of science and technology in Slovakia and it utilizes them for scientific as well as cultural and educational purposes. From its foundation the Museum has focused also to educational activities related to public, by means of interactive expositions and various additional activities. Due to their modern form they have been very attractive for general public, mainly for young people. Science centers – multifunctional facilities of informal education provide a nontraditional form of education. Activities of STM in cooperation with academic and research institutions in Košice are aimed at the foundation of the science center of this kind. The project under the auspices of Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic, the goal of which is the foundation of the Scientific – Technical Center for children and youth at the STM in Košice, will be realized within the project Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013.

Authors: Dirner Alexander – Hlaváčová Júlia – Mešterová Jana – Labanič Eugen – Schwartzová Agnesa

Publication order reference:

Dirner Alexander – Katedra jadrovej a subjadrovej fyziky, Ústav fyzikálnych vied, Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Park Angelinum 9, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic, mail: alexander.dirner@upjs.sk;

Mešterová Jana – Slovenské technické múzeum Košice, Hlavná, 040 01 Košice-Staré Mesto, Slovak Republic, mail: jana.mesterova@stm-ke.sk;

Labanič Eugen – Slovenské technické múzeum Košice, Hlavná, 040 01 Košice-Staré Mesto, Slovak Republic, mail: eugen.labanic@stm-ke.sk;

Schwartzová Agnesa – Slovenské technické múzeum Košice, Hlavná, 040 01 Košice-Staré Mesto, Slovak Republic, mail: agnesa.schwartzova@stm-ke.sk;

Hlaváčová Júlia – Katedra fyziky, Fakulta elektrotechniky a informatiky, Technická univerzita v Košiciach, Park Komenského 2, 042 00 Košice, Slovak Republic, mail: julia.hlavacova@tuke.sk

Source: Studia Historica Nitriensia, year: 2014, vol.: 18, number: 2, pages: 343-353

Key words: museum; Slovak Technical Museum; physics;

Language: SLOVAK