The Bojnice Museum is housed in Bojnice Castle and forms part of the Slovak National Museum, a state-funded institution established by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. The current appearance of the castle is the result of an extensive Neo-Gothic reconstruction carried out between 1889 and 1910 under Count Ján Pálffy, one of the greatest art collectors in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. After his death in 1908, his vast collection was dispersed, and many paintings by Italian, Dutch, and Flemish masters are now housed in the Szépművészeti Museum in Budapest.

The Bojnice Museum was first established in 1950 as the Regional Museum of Nitra. In addition to the Count’s original collection—the Neo-Gothic interiors of the Middle Castle—collections from Nitra and other aristocratic residences were transferred to the museum. Today, it continues to expand its holdings through new acquisitions.

The Bojnice Museum collection, comprising around 6,000 objects, includes Dutch and Flemish paintings by artists such as Jacob Jordaens, Abraham Janssens, Paul de Vos, Jacques d’Arthois, François Verwilt, and Jan Josef Horemans the Elder. Several other paintings and graphic works are also attributed to Dutch and Flemish artists, although their attribution still requires further research.

A particularly noteworthy piece of the collection is a large tapestry depicting the biblical theme Joseph and His Brothers, which, according to its mark, was woven in Brussels at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Katarína Malečková, Curator (May 2026)