Mikluš Prison

Mikluš Prison

Mikluš Prison
4.5
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Ravana G
Gdansk, Poland137 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 • Solo
I have visited the place in August 2022, on Saturday. Around 16:00 pm, I got an entrance ticket from Box Office (the main door is closed). The woman in a desk was lovely, she speak Polish, Russian and English as well. I paid 6 euro (Miklus Prison + Memorial House of Rackoczi). She took us herself with a small group of people to the prison building and left their around 45 minutes. The exhibition began with 5 min video in English language where you get to know history of the prison and also some info about city walls. 45 minutes in prison and around 30 min in Rákóczi Memorial House is enough to finish your tour.
Written 14 August 2022
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Bozeman-Dublin
Trim, Ireland11,386 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2024 • Solo
Loved this place, something completely different. The executioners quarters were gruesome, as were the torture chambers. The prson kitchens are on the tour, as are the cells. The audio guide included waa brilliant.
Highlight for me was the basement/dungeons under the prison. Excellent value at €5.
Written 29 October 2024
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Superhooooper
Biggleswade, UK685 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023
Well worth a visit for a couple of hours.

You start with a short film explaining a little bit of history and you are then given a listening device which you follow on your trip round the old prison including a trip to the cellar cells.

There is lots to see.

TIP: buy a joint ticket so that you can see the photographic exhibition in the adjourning room.
Written 12 April 2023
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Majka88
Kosice, Slovakia1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2014 • Family
Because my name has been brought up in this last comment of an english lady, who was a visitor at our museum I would like to clarify what happened because I just cannot sit here reading this without defending myself. My name is Maria (Majka) and I am a guide in the Mikluš prison in Košice city Slovakia. When the lady came in with her family they seemed normal, kind visitors, they paid for their ticket and I took them to the exhibit they wanted to see. I left them there because a group of tourists came to the same exhibit and it is my duty to give a group of people (10 people or more) a full tour in the museum. When I came upstairs with the group everything seemed fine, I started my speech and I heard the children of the english lady running around so I apologized to the group asking them for just one moment and I came up to the children and quietly asked them to please stop running around because I have to give a tour. Then I went to find the mother to tell her to PLEASE watch the children so they dont run in the museum and dont touch anything. I smiled at her cause thats what I do and said thank you she smiled back and nodded. It is my duty to correct children and even adults to not touch and to be careful. After a while the family left. When I finished the tour with the group I came down to our pay desk and my co-workers told me they had a small situation with the english lady and her family while I was still upstairs with the group. She yelled at them that I was rude, she wanted to know my name and she demanded her money back. SHE ATTACKED MY CO-WORKERS WHO HAD NOTHING IN THE WORLD TO DO WITH THE SITUATION!!! I just couldnt understand why she wasnt saying anything to my face, if you have a problem with me or my behavior, please come to me, you need to tell me, not attack my co-workers who werent there. The family could without any problems stay inside the museum continue looking around even if I had a group, and ofcourse they were loud, it was a group of 40 people. So the lady commenting that I threw them out of the exhibit because the group came is a complete LIE!!! I would never allow myself something like that, 95% of our visitors absolutely love the prison museum, the memorial house of Francis Rakoczi II. and our other exhibits, they are very satisfied, they like me and my co-workers and then there is ofcourse that 5%, a group of negative people who will complain even if they have nothing to complain about. We absolutely dont descriminate anyone, so for this lady commenting first of all LIES and second trying to destroy our reputation is rude, absurd and I dont quite understand why she feels the need to do this. Im looking forward to going to work tomorrow, possibly meeting interesting, POSITIVE new visitors even if only for a few moments and please come to our exhibits, they are absolutely worth it, YOURS SINCERELY Maria (museum guide)
Written 1 September 2014
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Lyla S
toronto162 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2015 • Friends
The place to enter is a bit tricky, but don't give up... This is a unique spot with so many quirky objects and pieces of information to explore. A ten minute video (available in English, etc) is a great introduction and context to the prison, but more so, the whole of Kosice. The displays are all multilingual and easy to follow. I would recommend the audio-guide... The bits are brief, and give excellent background to what you're seeing.

Finally, after reading some of the crap below, I will add that the staff member who assisted me (sold me the ticket, escorted me in, came back for me later, chatted with me, etc) was 100% professional, totally fluent in English, and took obvious pride in the museum. Bravo and thank you for this gem of a place.
Written 30 June 2015
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Firsthandknowledge
16 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2014
Don't waste your time or money. This is the WORST staffed museum I've ever been to because of the staff---and I'm spending two months in Europe on a museum tour in 13 countries; we've been to a lot of museums. The museum has an interactive area with a magnetic puzzle for children to take apart and put back together. I sat down with my daughter and quietly completed the puzzle with her, then we entered another area and a woman named Mijka (Mika?) brought in a very noisy large group of people and told us to stop touching anything. The only thing we touched was the puzzle that was obviously for children to touch. I had to read aloud what English there was louder because the crowd was noisy and rude; they were physically pushing us around and out of the exhibit! A woman hit me with her hand bag! My children are young, my daughter can't read yet, so I was telling her about the exhibit. Then Mijka began speaking to the group in Slovic. I was reading what English was available, and Mijka began yelling at my children to be quiet! We had to leave the exhibit---and I PAID for our tickets! We went into the other room and she stopped speaking to the group, followed us and yelled at my son, who was standing quietly and not speaking at all, and told him to be quiet and not touch anything. He was so upset that she yelled at him. Then she yelled at me to watch my children and have them stop running and touching things---they weren't running OR touching anything. HER group was horribly noisy and distracting. I told the front desk what happened, and I was told that they were "an important group of people for the museum". If they had a private group tour planned, then they shouldn't have sold us tickets. They certainly shouldn't have treated my family that way. And, they should have given us our money back. Also, the sign written in English pointing to the ticket office was pointing the opposite direction, and the bathroom signs pointed to water closets that were locked. What an awful operation. English speakers are discriminated against.
Written 23 July 2014
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Perry Grinate
Ashby de la Zouch, UK708 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2018
You pay at the Building labelled Box Office. You are then taken to the ground floor of the prison, where you sit and watch an excellent video which enables you to understand the fascinating array of buildings in the complex. You then take yourself around the prison - and down to the eerie basement torture chamber - with the help of your audioguide. A very interesting way to spend an hour
Written 3 February 2018
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dialectgirl
dialectgirl78 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2013 • Couples
This is one of the most authentic ways to learn about the history of the town, and history in general. The exhibits talk not only about the city of Kosice and its history, but also present life in those days, a very interesting look at an old prison and prison life, with a torture room exhibit and excerpts of old sentences which are most interesting to read. There are guides available, you should not only ask for an English visit, but ask for an actual guide to go through the building with you. Otherwise there are audio guides in several languages, English being one of them. After the visit, check out some of the local restaurants which you can easily find nearby and get some halusky!
Written 24 September 2013
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Nela N
Bratislava, Slovakia136 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020
This is a perfect place to go. You learn a bit about the Kosice walls history and the prison itself is huge underground with a great atmosphere.
Written 6 January 2020
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marksports
Saltash, UK60 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2016 • Couples
We went along to here not knowing what to expect. It was really educational and enjoyable. There are two separate exhibitions to See. We would recommend both. Well worth a visit and for €8 for 2 it is good value too.
Written 27 October 2016
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