Specialized all-Slovak Museum oriented on nature protection and speleology of the Slovak Republic includes 4 expositions. The exposition Protected Nature consists of two parts - Protected Fauna that represents individual biotopes including protected fauna species, and Flowstones devoted to samples of flowstone decoration. The exposition Protected Flora presents history of nature protection, national parks, and protected landscape areas in Slovakia with emphasis on plant kingdom specifics. In the exposition Karst and Caves of Slovakia there are exhibited speleological, ethnographical, historical, and archaeological collections. The exposition Minerals – occurrence, utilization, protection is focused on minerals as well as semiprecious and precious stones from all over the world. The Museum also realizes exhibitions and lectures in connection with nature protection and speleology. The library and archive belong to the Museum as well.

The Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology (SMNPaS) was founded as an associative museum under the name Museum of the Slovak Karst in 1930. Since its foundation it collected not only natural history objects, but primarily speleological collections, and also those from ethnography, history and archaeology. During the first years of its existence it was oriented to the Slovak Karst and the region of Upper Liptov. Since 1949 it exclusively follows karst formations and speleology in Slovakia. In 1970-1981 the SMNPaS formed one of the of the components in the organization of Slovak spelunking. Since 1981 its activity has been extended to include nature protection in Slovakia.
The museum's principal building is at 4, Školská Str. It is a former Jesuits cloister from the middle of 18th century which the Museum acquired in 1949.
More info: www.smopaj.sk