The Museum of Žitný ostrov

The Museum of Žitný ostrov
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The Museum of Žitný ostrov in Dunajská Streda was founded in 1964. The Yellow Mansion House has been its residence since 1970. The Museum building is a cultural monument. The building of the so-called Yellow Mansion House was built at the order of Miklós Kondé, the bishop of Varadín, in the 18th century. The building was finished in 1770 and it was rebuilt in the classicist style at the beginning of the 19th century. The permanent exhibition today consisted from 11 thematic units. Is here part archeological and palaeontological, historical and ethnological.