I like a little bit of geeky rail infrastructure heritage and this is the last Pragotron display board which was used in the Slovakian rail network. These are the split-flap displays that were either made by Solari of Italy, or by Pragotron who are a Czech manufacturer. It was taken from Štúrovo railway station where it remained in use until 26 January 2022, before it was brought here. I liked the sound of these when they had them in stations such as Liverpool Street in London, and although I know they had become dated, they did feel like exciting things with their mechanical noises.
For anyone interested, here’s a photo from Google of when this item was actually being used at the railway station. I particularly like that in the museum the top destination is Warszawa Wschodnia railway station, which I’ve caught many trains from.