Sights: Museums

Balaton (6) Tihany Keszthely Keszthely Balaton Museum The Balaton Museum is the third public exhibition centre in the town, standing in the middle of a small park. It was founded at the end of the last... Tihany Benedictine Abbey Museum The Museum is located in the premises of the convent, which is a single-storey building attached to the southern wall of the church. The wings... Keszthely Georgikon Manor Museum In 1797, Gyorgy Festetics founded the first agricultural college in Europe, especially to provide specialists for the large Festetics estates. ... Balatonlelle Kapoli Museum The building that can be found in Kossuth Street was rebuilt and it became an exhibition hall. It gave place to the exhibition arranged from the...

Budapest & Surr. (8) Aszod Budapest Aquincum The part of the city now know as Obuda is the site of the principal town of the Roman province of Pannonia. The frontier of the Empire ran along... Szentendre Ferenczy Karoly Museum The most talented Hungarian family of artists of the 19th century was Károly Ferenczy (1862-1917) and his children. The works of the Gobelin... Vac Greek Church Exhibition Hall The Greek Church Exhibition Hall was originally built as a church but has a place for art exhibitions today. Budapest Hungarian National Museum One of the most beautiful buildings on the Inner Ring Road is the neo-classical Hungarian National Museum dating from 1846. Its comprehensive... Budapest Museum of Applied Art The beautiful Art Nouveau building (with Zsolnay ceramics on the roof) designed by Odon Lechner and Gyula Partos is one of the most attractive... Budapest Museum of Fine Arts Two opposite sides of Heroes' Square are taken up with fine neo-classical buildings. The Museum of Fine Arts ("Szepmuveszeti Muzeum"),... Budapest Palace of Arts Two opposite sides of Heroes' Square are taken up with fine neo-classical buildings. The Palace of Arts ("Műcsarnok") is Hungary's largest...

Central Transdanubia (6) Szekesfehervar Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum The interior ornamentation of the Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum (Fő Street 5) was carved by Ignatian monks. Veszprem Dubniczay House One of the most characteristic buildings in the Castle is the Dubniczay House with a special collection of tiles making part of the Hungarian... Szekesfehervar Fehérvári Doll House Veszprem Laczko Dezso Museum The two-storey building of the Laczko Dezso Museum is situated on the edge of Erzsebet promenade, surrounded by enormous trees. The institution... Veszprem Queen Gizella Museum The Queen Gizella Museum found its place in the so called Tejfalussy House that was built at the beginning of the 1770s. The Queen Gizella Museum... Veszprem Vass Collection The building of the Castle street 3. was built on the former middle-aged Castle gate in eclectic style. The gothic arch of the entrance was built...

Northern Great Plain (3) Nyiregyhaza Andras Josa Museum The impressive neo-classical building at Benczur Square is Andras Josa Museum, named after the famous scientist and person of encyclopaedic... Nyirbator Istvan Bathory Museum The Istvan Bathory Museum is found in the building of the former Minorite Monastery. The museum has an extremely wealthy collection of relics of... Nyiregyhaza Village Museum Sosto The Village Museum was opened in 1979. It is located at Sostofurdo, a spa famous for its thermal water of medicinal effect. Some of the most...

Northern Hungary (24) Mezokovesd Agricultural Machine Museum The collection of the Agricultural Machine Museum of Mezokovesd, with many thousands of exhibits, is well known for its unique collection. There... Paszto Csohany Gallery The building of the Kalman Csohany Gallery was built around 1830 in a style mixing Classicism and traits of early Eclectisme. Since December 2001,... Miskolc Feledy house The town established a permanent exhibition on Feledy Gyula's 60th birthday, for the works done and presented to the town by the artist, by... Satoraljaujhely Ferenc Kazinczy Museum In the Ferenc Kazinczy Museum there are archaeological exhibitions and exhibitions of natural history. One of the major public collections of... Szecseny Forgach-castle - Ferenc Kubinyi Museum Where the old fortress of the Middle Ages had been, stands the attractive Forgach-castle, built in a baroque style. The museum inside its... Miskolc Herman Otto Museum It is one of the distinguished and beautifully renovated buildings of the Avas monument complex. The oldest school of the town used to be... Paszto House of the scola magister There is also a building of special interest in Paszto: the town house of the scola magister, the schoolmaster, mentioned in a document of... Gyongyos Matra Museum The only completely impact mammoth skeleton is stored here. It is one of the most remarkable collections in the field of natural... Mezokovesd Matyo Museum In the Matyo Museum you can see examples of the costumes once worn every day. Visitors can admire the long, bell-shaped skirts and richly coloured... Salgotarjan Mining Museum Coal is no longer mined in Salgotarjan, but the town is proud to accept its past. The first underground mine museum in Hungary was opened in the... Hatvan Moldovay Gallery The Gyozo Moldovay Gallery inside the Grassalkovich Cultural Centre contributes occasional exhibitions of high standard to the cultural life of the... Parad Museum of carts The Karolyi family had this ornamented building built according to the plans of Miklos Ybl. In the Cifra-stable one may see not only the... Paszto Museum of Paszto - Cistercian monastery The former Cistercian monastery was built on the foundation of the medieval cloister between 1715 and 1720. The interesting collection in the... Salgotarjan Nograd History Museum The fully up to date account in the galleries of the Nograd Historical Museum gives an accurate picture of the history of Salgotarjan and its... Balassagyarmat Paloc Museum The collection in the Paloc Museum covers the peasant culture of the whole Nograd County, and you can discover their former daily lives and... Miskolc Petro house This is the permanent exhibition of the Headquarters of the Miskolc Gallery, Szalay Lajos and Kondor Bela. It is a typical civil house, in which... Holloko Post Office Museum The museum opened in 1990 is in the characteristic 'Palóc' house at Kossuth utca 40. The exhibition presents the memories and outlined history of... Miskolc Rakoczi house It has been the new central building of the Miskolc Gallery since May 1996. It gives home to the Headquarters of the Miskolc Gallery and permanent... Miskolc-Lillafured The ancient iron furnace The only metallurgical monument of the whole country, the ancient iron furnace in Omassa was preserved between the west part of the Hámori Lake and... Szerencs The Museum of Zemplen The Rakoczi Castle, with its elements of monastery, fortress and baronial castle today serves the purpose of public education. This building... Sarospatak The Scientific Collection of the Reformed College This town of monuments was for many generations an important cultural centre due to its Reformed Church College, which was one of the strongest... Tokaj Tokaj Museum The Museum gives place to the grape and wine ethnographical exhibition. On the first floor we can find Beres Bela's collection of ecclesiastic... Balassagyarmat Town Gallery Permanent exhibition of works by Vladimir Szabo, with paintings by contemporaries. Holloko Village Museum Holloko is the treasure of Palocland, a village representing a uniform style of architecture, and has been preserved in the most intact shape in...

Southern Great Plain (6) Bekescsaba Gyomaendrod Kiskunfelegyhaza Oroshaza “János Szántó Kovács” Regional Museum The new permanent exhibition entitled “People of Viharsarok” it presents the economic, social and historical development of Orosháza highlighting... Kiskunhalas Lace House and Lace Museum Most famous sight, the Lace House, the entrance to which can be found at the aforementioned crossroads. Here we can see the statue of The... Kiskunhalas Thorma Janos Museum The Thorma Janos Museum is to be found at 2 Koztarsasag street. The two-wing Classical building from 1887 is entered through a garden and...

Western Transdanubia (20) Gyor Kormend Sopron Apothecary House The first Hungarian disposition in the field of "monument protection" is in connection with this house. The City Council during the reign of King... Sopron Bakery Museum The outskirts of the town sheltered by city walls were populated with farmers and craftsmen. The visitor can feel the atmosphere of the one-time... Sopron Central Mining Museum Among the dozens of exhibitions in Sopron, the Central Mining Museum, the greatest and most complex mining collection in Hungary is unique. ... Sopron Ethnographic Exhibition Zalaegerszeg Gocseji Museum The building of the Gocseji Museum stands on the other side of Deak Square. This building houses the work-of-art of Zsigmond Kisfaludi-Strobl, a... Zalaegerszeg Gocsej Village Museum We approach the village museum through an entrance building in the style of the old country houses of the lesser nobility. The museum, opened in...