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At first, there used to be a universal living room in burgher houses, in which food was cooked and eaten. It was not until the end of the 17th century when household rooms, according to their functions, such as kitchen, dining room, lounge, bedroom, pantry, guest rooms, etc. started to be set aside in wealthier burher households. In poorer families, life was concentrated in one room, namely in the kitchen. Rich social classes maintained a higher dining culture in the dining room as indicated in this exhibition. The dining room equipment consisted of a table with a folding board, benches, chairs, sideboards, shelves and side tables.
The late Renaissance beamed ceiling from 1698 has been preserved in the room. On the right, in the Neo-Renaissance sideboard (around 1880) you can see brass kitchen equipment from the 19th century (e.g. awards-winning samovar, prouced in Russian Tula, beverages warmers, coffee grinders, mortars).
Next, under the protective glass you can see various objects of dining culture - salt cellars, corks, weights, beverage warmers, spice grinder, cutlery.
Tin and copper dishes from the 17th and 18th centuries, used by wealthy households, are displayed on sideboards from the second half of the 19th century in the back of the room. Ordinary people used clay and even just wooden plates. At that time, only the richest classes could afford porcelain as it was imported from China and the journey at the time was long and very dangerous, so that ships with rare cargo often sank. The porcelain utensil was therefore more expensive than silver or even gold one.
In the display case from the end of the 19th century, behing the table, there is a set of English earthenware from the same century - the tea and coffee service comes from the estate of MUDr. Vojtech Alexander (1857, Kežmarok – 1916, Budapest), a pioneer of radiology in Hungary.
On the table there is a part of a lunch set made in the Czech Republic, obtained as a wedding gift. Each piece is decorated with the coats of arms of the Badányi family - a dove with a branch and the Szirmay family - a crayfish with a five-pointed baron's crown. Above the table there is an Art Nouveau chandelier from the early 20th century.
The late Empire stove (around 1820), originating from the Catholic parish in Kežmarok, is built in the style of an ancient tomb. On the front there are the figural ornaments of the pair Cupid and Psyche, on the sides of the figure symbolizing the winds of the four points of the compass. In the display case on the wall, there are enamelled products from the first half of the 20th century made in Poprad - Matejovce.
