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Bibiana
Bratislava isn't overly populated with playgrounds, or restaurants with children's menus for that matter, but there are a couple of places to keep the little ones entertained. Bibiana calls itself an 'International House of Art for Children'. There's an art gallery aimed at little ones and it sponsors frequent puppet and musical performances and craft classes.
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Bratislava Castle
Lording over the west side of the old town, Bratislava Castle dominates the hill above the Danube. The winding ramparts and grounds provide a great vantage point for comparing ancient and communist Bratislava, the barrel-tile roofs of the old town versus the vast concrete housing estates of Petržalka. There are a couple of cafés and craft shops on the grounds.
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Bratislava Castle Historical Museum
The saving grace of the ho-hum Bratislava Castle Historical Museum is you can climb up the crown tower (korunná veža) . In good weather you can see Austria (3km southwest) and Hungary (16km south).
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City Gallery of Bratislava
The City Gallery of Bratislava has two palatial show spaces: Mirbach Palace and Pálffy Palace.
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Milan Dobeš Museum
Milan Dobeš Museum is a cool little contemporary museum that hosts international exhibits.
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Municipal Museum
Flanking one side of the square is the Old Town Hall (1421) containing the Municipal Museum. Buzz past the tedious archaeological cases and look for the stairs down to the torture chambers in the cellar; they come complete with illustrated murals.
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Museum of Clocks
A series of old homes wind down the castle hill along Židovská in what remains of the former Jewish quarter. The reputedly skinniest house in Central Europe contains a little Museum of Clocks.
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Museum of Jewish Culture
Inside the Museum of Jewish culture there are moving exhibits about Slovakia's Jewish community that was decimated during WWII, the buildings that were demolished in the 1960s and on Judaism in general.
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Museum of Music
Far more interesting than the Museum of Music is the chance to walk down into the bastion in the castle wall.
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Slovak National Gallery
Plans to make the Danube riverfront more of an attraction are in the works, but for now it's just a large, pleasant tree-lined place to walk. Waterfront and centre is the Slovak National Gallery, housing the nation's biggest art collection. An 18th-century palace and a Stalinist-modernist building make interesting cohosts for the eclectic showing, which ranges from Gothic to graphic art.
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Slovak National Museum
The 1st floor exhibits of the Slovak National Museum provide a superb overview of the folk cultures and customs of Slovakia's regions; skip the tired natural history stuff upstairs.
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Slovenská Národná Galéria
On the riverfront, the Slovak National Gallery incorporates an 18th-century palace into its unusual 'Stalinist chic' design. Housing the nation's largest combined gallery and museum collection, it is well worth a visit, especially for its fine Gothic and baroque sections. Slovak National Museum is close by.
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Treasury
At the time of writing, the tiny Bratislava Castle Treasury was closed for reconstruction with no certain reopening date. When it does reopen, the highlight will still be the unbelievable 25,000-year-old Venus of Moravany , a miniature fertility statue of a headless, naked woman that is carved from a mammoth tusk.
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