 The museum was renamed to its current name in 1983.Its main exhibits and headquarters are located in the northern part of Košice's Main Street ("Hlavná ulica"), in the historical public building known as "Kapitánsky palác" (The Captain Palace).The main museum in Košice's historical centre has collections and exhibits that focus on the history of industrial and technological topics such as mining, metallurgy, artistic crafts, physics, chemistry, steam engines, electrical engineering, energy production, typewriters, phonographs and other sound recording devices, telephones, radiotelegraphy and radios.