Exploration of a building and its landscape Question marks about the Esterházy Palace in Fertőd MúzeumCafé 37. author: Kálmán Varga, historian and monument protection specialist Spend years in one mansion or palace and you get to know every bit of the building, especially if you participate in research projects and restoration. This has been my experience in Eszterháza (Fertőd), where I feel that the question marks multiply in proportion to the amount of knowledge gained. The connections of this palace, […]
Temporary deposits turned permanent losses – The fate of works loaned from the collection of the National Picture Gallery to provincial museums Part 2: The Marosvásárhely Gallery MúzeumCafé 37. author: Jenő Murádin, art historian The fate of the Hungarian state deposits of artworks in Marosvásárhely and Kolozsvár involves both identical and different features. The public galleries in both towns were established in 1913, though for the latter there were some antecedents due to the Transylvanian Museum Society. In Marosvásárhely it was the ambition of a prominent city father, Dr […]
What kind of professional tasks are required for the planned national restoration and storage centre? MúzeumCafé 37. According to Andrea Csapláros, director of the Town Museum in Szombathely, storage needs up-to-date conditions meeting the prescribed requirements, and can only be achieved using well planned tendering to the maximum. The new Storage Centre will provide space for objects not displayed at exhibitions. An essential aim of the centre must be to ensure the […]
The protection of artefacts The situation of museum storage space following the structural changes MúzeumCafé 37. author: Marianna Berényi Ten years ago the newly established National Artefact Protection Action Committee surveyed national organisations and others then still part of the county museum structure about their storage facilities and preservation activities. The results were frightening, partly because, as had been suspected, if the housing of collections did not improve urgently, much of Hungary’s stock of […]
Museum mergers in France, Belgium and the Netherlands MúzeumCafé 29. author: Orsolya Radványi The introduction of centralisation of institutions are sometimes seen as solutions. The Musée d’Orsay Established in 1986 from three fine arts collections the institute thus became a museum of fine and applied arts, as well as photography, from the period 1848-1914. Since 2004 the Musée d’Orsay has been a public institute under the direction of […]
The most influential person Barnabás Bencsik, director of the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art MúzeumCafé 28. author: Éva Marton To head the list of Hungarian Power 50 compiled by the art journal Műértő is clearly good even if some playfulness is included. The first place is due not only to the three years Barnabás Bencsik has been in charge of the Ludwig Museum but also to the past two decades he has worked in […]
We must prove to the politicians that we are needed Szabolcs Szita, new director of the Holocaust Memorial Centre MúzeumCafé 28. author: Péter Hamvay All governments have given verbal support, but the Hungarian Auschwitz Foundation, which set up the trust establishing and funding the Holocaust Memorial Centre, has received little real backing. According to one of the founders, Szabolcs Szita, who was appointed director last year, the most important task is remembrance. Thus he regards it important for as […]
From The Eight through Vajda to Paris Art historian Krisztina Passuth on pre-1990 ‘risky’ exhibitions MúzeumCafé 28. author: Emőke Gréczi Incredibly, classic modern artists today regarded as mainstream a few decades ago were officially regarded as ‘underground’. Krisztina Passuth ‘with good perception’ selected artists lacking general professional acknowledgement, thus at the start of her career the exhibitions she curated met opposition from the museum and ministerial authorities. For her, working with Hungary’s largest museums, even […]
– MúzeumCafé 28. author: Marianna Berényi A museum that cannot be ignored. A museum with very popular exhibitions. A participant in the Night of Museums and the Autumn Festival of Museums. A museum where the tasks include searching for sponsors, attracting the public and maintaining visitor interest, as well as dealing with tenders and renovations – small and large projects, as […]
MúzeumCafé Award 2011 Zsolt Gyarmati, Historian, Museologist, Director of the Sekler Museum of Ciuc in Miercurea Ciuc MúzeumCafé 28. author: Gábor Martos We are standing in a Transylvanian castle, a museum closed to the public since August 2011 due to renovation. We are here to present the 2011 award of the journal MúzeumCafé to a Hungarian museologist who was selected by the board of trustees for his accomplishments last year.Before that, allow me to say a few […]