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| ADY ENDRE MEMORIAL MUSEUM V. Veres Pálné u. 46. 337-8563 The home of poet and writer Endre Ady Thu-Sun 10:00-16:00 AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM XIV. Városliget, Vajdahunyad castle, 343-0573 Exhibition relating to plants and traditional animal breeding. Daily 10:00-17:00, Sun 10:00-18:00 ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ MEMORIAL MUSEUM Csepel Island, Szigetbecse, Makádi út 40. Permanent exhibition of photos by André Kertész APPLIED ARTS MUSEUM IX. Üllői út 33-37. 217-5222 The beautiful Art Nouveau building with Zsolnay ceramics on the roof) designed by Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pános is one of the most attractive sights in the capital. Major collections and an objects: Oriental rug collection, wall hangings, Eszterházy treasury, 17th century aristocratic costumes, An Nouveau glassware, Italian majolica, Zsolnay ceramics, French furniture, Augsburg Baroque goldsmith's work BARTÓK BÉLA MEMORIAL HOUSE II. Csalán u. 29. 394-2100 Memorial room with original furniture as well as Bartók's folk art collection Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00 BIBLE MUSEUM IX. Ráday u. 28. 3 000 years of the Holy Bible Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00 BUDAPEST HISTORY MUSEUM I. Buda Castle, National Galleries Building. E., in the courtyard 375-7533 Collection of archaeological finds in Budapest. Budapest in the Middle Ages: development of settlements from the Roman age to the 13"' century. The medieval Buda royal palace: collection of original objects, seals, glassware, weapons, tombstones. Gothic sculpture from the royal palace. Budapest in modem times: Historical moments in the life of a metropolis Daily 10:00-18:00 BUDAVÁR PALACE I. Szent György tér, C Building, III. floor Dialogue with the nature, photo exhibition by Daisaku Ikeda Japanese artist. ERNST MUSEUM VI. Nagymező u. 8. 341-4355 Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM V. Kossuth tér 12. 312-4878 European Rings, exhibition of the 223 rings collected by the museum Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 GÜL BABA TOMB II. Mecset u. 14. Turkish monument, grave chapel; a place of pilgrimage for Muslims even today Tues-Sun 10:00-18:00 HOPP FERENC EASTERN ASIATIC ARTS MUSEUM VI. Andrássy út 103. Along with the Ráth György Múzeum offers a large collection of both art and historical objects from Japan, China, India and other Asian countries Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00 HUNGARIAN NATIONAL GALLERY I. Buda Castle bldg. B,C,D Permanent exhibition: Stone exhibition from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Gothic wooden sculptors. Baroque and Renaissance art. Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 HUNGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM Kecskemét, Katona József tér 3. 06 76 483 221 Wed-Sun 10:00-17:00 JEWISH MUSEUM VII. Dohány u. 2. 342-8949 The museum, built in fitting style and attached to the uniquely beautiful Dohány Street Synagogue, has an unparallelled collection of Judaica. Permanent exhibitions: Devotional object, for Jewish celebrations, Everyday object', History of the Hungarian Holocaust. Mon-Fri 10:00-15:00 Sun 10:00-13:00 KASSÁK MUSEUM III. Fő tér 1. Exhibition in the former Zichy Mansion on the an of Lajos Kassák, leading artist of Hungarian avant-garde, poetry, painting and literary editor. The museum's new permanent exhibition: 20'h century Hungarian an, from the legacies of Hungarian authors. KISCELLI MUSEUM III. Kiscelli u. 108. 388-7817 The museum building was constructed for the Trinitarian order in the 18th century, while it was later transformed into a Baroque mansion and even served as a hospital. Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 KUN ZSIGMOND FOLK ART COLLECTION III. Fő tér 4. Zsigmond Kun folk art collection Tue-Fri, 14:00-18:00 Sat-Sun, 10:00-18:00 LUDWIG MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART I. Buda Castle bldg. A. 375-7533 The Hungarian contemporary art collection of Cologne art collector couple Irene and Peter Ludwig. A visit provides an overview of the past 50 years of universal art, and contemporary Hungarian art from the last 10 years. Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 PALACE OF ARTS - MŰCSARNOK XIV. Dózsa György út 37. Hero's square 343-7401 The largest exhibition gallery in the country, a defining neoclassical structure in Heroes' Square. It does not have its own collection, but its regular temporary exhibitions feature mainly the contemporary arts, and the works of artistic groups. Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 MUSEUM OF COMMERCE AND CATERING I. Fortuna út 4. 375-6249 Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Hero's square 343-9759 Permanent exhibition: collection of works from 19th and 20th century and exhibition of antique Egypt. Tue-Sun 10:00-17:40 MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY I. Tóth Árpád sétány 40. 356-9522 A rich collection of weapons from the days before the Turkish wars to the 20'h century. Collection of uniforms, flags, maps, ammunition and 28,000 coins. Memories of pilots who emigrated after the Second World War. The exhibition "Thirteen Days, about the 1956 Revolution", is well worth viewing. Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 MUSIC HISTORY MUSEUM I. Táncsics Mihály u. 7. 214-6770 Chronicles the making of classical and folk musical instruments. Beethoven visited this Erdődy Palace once. Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00 NATIONAL MUSEUM V. Múzeum krt. 12-14. 338-2122 The museum (founded in 1802) was based on the numismatic, book and document collections of Count Ferenc Széchényi, and the number of art objects now exceeds one million. The huge national collection has occupied its present site, a neoclassical building designed by Mihály Pollack, since 1846. Permanent exhibitions: History of Hungary from the foundation of the state to 1990, Lapidarium-Roman stone finds. Wed-Sun 10:00-17:00 NATIONAL SZÉCHENYI LIBRARY I. Szent György tér 2. 355-6967 Tue-Sat 10:00-18:00, Mon 13:00-18:00 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum VIII. Ludovika tér 6. 313-5015 This imposing neoclassical building ensemble together with the courtyard has hosted the museum's mineral and rock collection since 1995. Permanent exhibitions: Man and nature in Hungary, Treasures from the mineral collection, Time track-rock park in front of the museum. Wed-Mon 10:00-18:00 pm, closed Tue STAMP MUSEUM VII. Hársfa u. 47. 341-5526 Over a million stamps from every corner of the world. Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00 STATUE PARK XXII. corner of Balatoni street and Szabadkai str., buses from Kosztolányi Dezső square 227-7446 Multi-ton socialism: mega-statues removed from public parks and streets around the capital, monumental representations of the period of socialism in Hungary (Lenin, Marx, Engels, Soviet soldiers etc.). Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00 Sat-Sun 8:00-20:00 TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM XIV. Városligeti krt. 11., correspondence between Széchenyi and Kossuth on the development of transport. 343-0565 One of Europe's oldest trans port history collections. It's model railway material is world famous. Permanent exhibitions over 8,000 square metres include: 100 years and today, 100 years of Hungarian motoring, A century of Hungarian state shipping, History of Motoring, History of steam locomotion, History of urban transport. Tue-Fri 10:00-16:00 Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00 VASARELY MUSEUM III. Szentlélek square 6. 250-1540 The museum is named after Hungarian-born painter Győző Vásárhelyi who moved to Paris in 1930 to work, and who as Victor Vasarely gained world fame as the founder of the op-arr movement. Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00 |
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