Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic, Lučenec Office

The Lučenec branch office of the Banská Bystrica Regional Centre of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic is a field department which carries out the state supervision of the protection of monuments in the territory of the districts of Lučenec, Veľký Krtíš, Poltár, Rimavská Sobota and Revúca. The town of Lučenec is its seat.

It directs the activities of the citizens in saving, renovating, restoring and correctly using 467 immovable and 1,154 movable cultural monuments and conservation areas in five districts. It adopts measures to eliminate shortcomings in the protection of monuments and provides professional and methodological assistance to 288 municipalities and 10 towns in registering their historical monuments. It also elaborates materials for territorial planning documentation of the state administration authorities and if necessary it provides for the temporary storage of movable cultural monuments. It participates in research projects targeted on the cultural heritage of the region of Banská Bystrica. Editorial, promotional and educational activities constitute a significant part of its work.