Museum of Zemplén (Szerencs Hungary)

Description

The Rákóczi castle, where the museum is located, was renovated between 1967 and 1989, so the museum had to move several times, and it could occupiy its final location in the historical building only in October 1991. From the 1st January 2013 the museum is maintained by the Municipality of the Town Szerencs, it continues its functioning as a substantive financial establishment. The museum didn`t lose its caracter, it recieved a classifacation as local museum, and the Sugar Museum was attached to it, and it became a part of the institution. The main profile of the Zemplén Museum is the work with the word-famous postcard collection and the important ex libris collection. The museum also collects the historical, archeological, ethnographic and fine art inheritence of Szerencs and its surroundings. Another important task for the museum is the collection and work with the mementos of the confectionary industry in Hungary, the sugar and chocolate production.