Museum in the heart of the town
The Mosonmagyaróvár Hansági Museum
MúzeumCafé 30.
Besides its fine and applied arts collections, the archaeological, local history, ethnographic and numismatic holdings of the 130-year-old Hansági Museum are also outstanding. The museum comprises two parts, the Cselley House and the classicist building of the institute itself. The former is the town’s oldest dwelling and is named after is last owner. Its history is closely linked with that of the town, being built in 1354, the year when Óvár was granted urban privileges. The building was renovated in the early 1980s and its first exhibition, opened in 1983, can still be seen today. One part is devoted to a display about the history of furniture making. Since 1988 the Gyurkovics collection, one of the most outstanding in Hungary, has also been housed in the same building. As with this collection, there are museum education activities in connection with all the displays. Some fine examples of Roman era gravestones can be found in the medieval cellar of the Cselley House. The Hansági Museum has 8-10,000 visitors every year. The museum’s other building was constructed in 1939 when Ma-gyaróvár and Moson were united and the green area between the two settlements was being developed. The permanent exhibition begins with an archaeological collection reaching from prehistoric times to the age of the Hungarian conquest. An ethnographic and local history collection can also be found here. The permanent exhibition opened in 1995, but 17 years later it is still up-to-date. Temporary exhibitions are held in the aula and when possible they connect with the inner and outer courtyards. Due to lack of resources, 2011 saw a considerable staff reduction in the museums of Győr-Moson-Sopron county. This might have involved closure of the Cselley House and a lowering of the museum’s status. However, the town stood by the museum.