The SNM is the highest institution focusing on scientific research and cultural education in the field of museological activity in Slovakia.
[2] The museum's primary goal is to chronicle Bratislava's history in various forms from the earliest periods using historical and archaeological collections.
The museum focuses on Bratislava's history and developments in firearms, gunsmithing, metalworking, and town fortifications.
The Museum of Clocks is situated on Jewish (Židovská) Street below Bratislava Castle, in the Rococo-style "House of the Good Shepherd", built from 1760 to 1765.
It focuses on history of waterworks and water supply in Bratislava, exhibiting tools, machines and photographs.
Two displays in Bratislava are situated in Esterházy Palace (Esterházyho palác) and the Water Barracks (Vodné kasárne), adjacent one to another.