Hungarian Natural History Museum, department of anthropology collections
MúzeumCafé 5.
The collection moved to the loft of the Ludovika from Bajza Street in 1999, following reconstruction of the building. By that time it comprised the remains of more than 35,000 individuals, including the mummy finds from Vác.
Archive photographic collection
The glass negatives depicting the exhumed skulls of King Béla III and his wife, Anna of Antioch, are invaluable and include remarkable images of the craniometric devices made by Aurél Török, the first Hungarian anthropologist.
Human DNA laboratory
A Human DNA Laboratory for analysing archaic human bones was established in the museum’s basement in 2006. Due to the developments in molecular biology, today it is possible to explore fragments of DNA preserved in the remains of formerly living creatures and also, if fortunate, to decipher the information coded therein. Analysis of the finds is conducted in the laboratory where archaic human DNA can be isolated.