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I Visited Our Museum

September 12, 2023
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I had the pleasure on September 4 to attend a private viewing of “Osturňansky Izba”, the museum established by the present mayor. It was my first – and probably last – visit. Štefania was specifically hired for the summer months as the hostess for the museum. But the museum remained shuttered for the entire summer, except for this one day. I don’t know why the museum did not open; I never received a clear explanation.

The museum was mildly interesting, featuring items from “starý život”. All the display items were carefully labeled, but strangely only in Slovak. Signs only in Slovak would assume that the mayor anticipated only Slovak tourists at the museum. But this assumption would be wrong. Because the first sign upon entry is in Slovak, Polish, and English. The sign requests financial donations… So there’s that.

What I found much more interesting than the museum was the large space in which the museum is situated. Although the asphalt at the entrance of the building is quite dangerous, it looks as though no expense was spared in the renovation of the ground floor. I took a few photos although the rooms remained locked, and I could not get inside to document the splendor.

What bothered me the most was that there were all the unused rooms just sitting there. It reminded me how, at Eastertime, we had wanted to use a room to teach people traditional Easter egg dyeing techniques. At that time, the mayor demanded a payment of 100 EUR and which did not include heat, an offer we declined. The reminder of that episode just made me angry.

In my opinion, and with which I believe you will agree, these rooms and these buildings belong to the people of Osturňa, not the Obecný Úrad and not the mayor. By withholding usage of these facilities from the people of Osturňa, the mayor demonstrates a high degree of greediness and callousness towards us, the citizenry.

in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building
in the building

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