Medzilaborce
A small Rusyn town in the far northeast with a museum of Andy Warhol, whose parents emigrated from a village nearby.
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Andy Warhol's parents came from Miková, a Rusyn village a few kilometres from Medzilaborce, and after 1989 the family supported the founding of a museum here that holds original Warhol works, family material and pieces by his brother Paul. It is an odd thing to find in a town of a few thousand in the far northeast, and that oddity is the point. Wooden Greek Catholic churches stand in the villages around, and Poloniny is east.
What you actually see
- The Warhol museum - original works and family material in a small northeastern town.
- The family connection - Mikova, the village his parents left, a few kilometres away.
- The Rusyn country - Greek Catholic villages and wooden churches around the town.
- The contrast - pop art in a remote Carpathian border town.
When to go
May to October is the most comfortable. The museum closes on Mondays and keeps shorter winter hours. The town is quiet year round.
Honest expectations
The collection is small by Warhol standards and some works rotate out. The town is remote and there is little else. Labelling is in Slovak with some English.
Nearby
Poloniny is east, and Humenne is south.
What to pack for Medzilaborce
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Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.