Galanta, town situated in the south-west of Slovakia, has got plenty cultural or historic monuments. The manor, as the family mansion of the Estherházys was built on earlier foundations and rebuilt in 1860 in the style of Romantic English Tudor Gothic.
Part of the manor is exploited by the town hall for representative events and the other part shelters exhibitions of the Museum of Homeland Studies. The Museum is temporarily located in the building of a former bank in the centre of the town. Beside museum offices, there are also exhibition halls here.
Another, younger and bigger Neo-Gothic manor house (now closed and abandoned) is surrounded by the park with 30 species of exotic wood species and bulky specimens of oak tree.
The bust of composer Zoltán Kodály is placed in the park. Thanks to his musical composition Dances of Galanta , the town is also known abroad. The most important cultural events include the festival of ensembles Kodályove dni (Kodálys Days) held in May every year.