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Collection of university history and selmec library of historic monuments
This library used to be the library of the ancestor of the University of Miskolc, which was first the Mining Institute founded in Selmecbánya in the year of 1735 and later the Mining and Forestry Academy. The Academy of Selmecbánya was the first institute for technical higher education of the world, its 2 legal successors (University of Miskolc and University of Western Hungary) are still functioning.
Hungarian Orthodox Museum
The permanent exhibition showcasing the artistic and cultural heritage of the Hungarian Orthodox Church provides insight into the liturgical objects and we may see the crosses made with fine and elaborate handwork by the monks of Mount Athos and the icons from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The museum is located in the former Greek school, so we may also see old schoolbooks here and pictures from other Hungarian orthodox churches as well. The church famous for its iconostasis and lying next to the museum may also be visited.
Sources: hellomiskolc.hu;
