In
the exposition of the utility and art metal objects the visitor
can admire the numerous documents of the rich tradition of the handicraftœ
skill and the artisticœ feel of the craftsmen of the nutal - working
handrafts. The collection more than 300 exponats from metal documents
the combination of the creative echnical thinking with the style
influences and generally valid design. Mining and me allurgy in
Slovakia reached in 18th century the top in the world measure. On
he introducing of the technical progress the important measure rule
had Academy in Banská Štiavnica, that was founded in 1763. Here
stinted the experts of the worldœ format: Mikuláš Jozef Jacquin,
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Ignác Anton Born. Exhibited are: bemfit
medals, laboratory instruments and aids that are used by examination
of the ores and me als from 18th century and costly mining-me allurgical
manual that was publish in Bratislava in 1775. On the basis of the
developed me allurgical production were developed the metal - working
handcrafts, that began to group to the guilds from the second half
of the 14th century.The oldest iron-processing handcraft were blacksmithœ,
from which were developed futher metals - processing handcrafts,
for example: locksmithœ trade, cutlery, sword trade, needle trade.
More archives in SR are preserved the guilds statutes, articuls
in the originals, attested or non - attested copies, that documented
costly facts about the history metal-working handcrafts in Slovakia.There
are exhibited the statutes and guilds stamps. From the great number
of the functional and decorative articles from the me als there
are represented in exposition the sewing machine and the aids, pressers,
cast iron tile stove, weights and bobs, writing desk with that time
collection objects. In the part of exposition there is documented
the activity of the artistic locksmith, blacksmith and the owner
of the metal-casting from Alexander Buchner. There are exhibited
craftsmanœ products from his workshop as striking canteen, art nouvean
flower stand, stylized candlestick, decorative rug for the tile
stove, striking rock with ea shrub, ornamental vase with the rose
motive, bells-metal models. The figureœ and animalœ plastic arts
forging from the flat lined iron and the ironœ shut metal are the
exhibition from the creation of the craftsman of the popular art
-artistic blacksmith Gabriel Nemèík from Košice. His characteristicœ
blacksmithœ and sometime up to the me al engrawerœ writing, that
is connected with the creative and nonmissing humour gives to the
plastic arts fresh and lightness. Exhibitions from the creation
of the functional craft of the blacksmith Gabriel Nemèík are exhibited
the present artistic -handicraft production with the application
of the traditional blacksmithœ technology.