Memorial rooms in Szekszárd The passionate make museums MúzeumCafé 26. author: Judit Jankó In Szekszárd’s Babits Mihály Street there is a literary-artistic ‘memorial house complex’ belonging to the nearby Mór Wosinsky County Museum. The Mihály Babits Memorial House, the Miklós Mészöly Memorial House, the István Baka Memorial Room and the Valéria Dienes Memorial Room – their apparently different oeuvres go well together. And another important matter is reflected […]
Cells of learning and memory Memorial Museum of Communism’s Victims and the Resistance, Sighetu Marmatiei MúzeumCafé 26. author: Péter György The prison in Máramarossziget (today Sighetu Marmaţiei in Romania) was built in 1897 and, still standing today, it can be clearly seen that its size alone commanded authority. In contrast, most of the town’s synagogues have been demolished, such that the traces of Hasidism are found primarily in texts – information about the town’s multi-ethnic […]
So much so far for existence On the periphery Science museums in Hungary and elsewhere MúzeumCafé 26. author: Judit B. Varga historian, museologist What is the situation in Hungary? The Danube Museum in Esztergom, acknowledged with a Special Commendation in the 2003 European Museum of the Year awards, is one of the positive examples. It is a small, young museum, yet that may be to its advantage. It opened in an elegant, Baroque building in 1980. The giant […]
Museum guiding in sign language Events for people with hearing impairment in the Pécs Museum MúzeumCafé 26. author: Éva Gál, museologist, Pécs Local History Museum The History Museum belonging to the The Baranya County Museums in town of Pécs launched the organisation of events for the deaf and hard of hearing in 2010. The reactions so far have been positive. The programme of events took place from September 2010 to July 2011 and were based in two locations – the […]
Museum objects travelling in a caravan MúzeumCafé 26. author: Emese Joó, ethnographer, museum education expert, Museum of Ethnography Every day we place in glass cases objects associated with mobility – a mobile phone holder in the shape of a rubber ring; a motorist’s silicon coin holder; a clever device to help women have a pee while standing; a solar-powered amorous gift in the form of a rabbit. Precisely what is today’s everyday object? […]
Renovated Andrássy Mansion in Tiszadob To be a museum, events centre and research base MúzeumCafé 26. author: Beatrix Basics, museologist Renovation of the Andrássy Mansion in Tiszadob in eastern Hungary has been eagerly awaited by many people for years and the project to turn the mansion and its grounds into a cultural and tourist centre eventually got underway. Plans under the supervision of architects Zoboki-Demeter & Associates were drawn up for the investment totalling 2.2 […]
Museums and volunteers The Year of Volunteering – Hungarian and international experience MúzeumCafé 26. author: Tímea Türk, museologist, exhibition organiser, Museum of Fine Arts The UN declared 2001 as the International Year of Volunteering and now ten years later in a symbolic manner the EU has similarly designated 2011 as a year to highlight the role of volunteers, stressing in particular the concept of active citizenship. Examining museum websites you find an increasing number of requests for volunteers to […]
The Károly Ferenczy retrospective exhibition at the Hungarian National Gallery MúzeumCafé 26. author: Edit Plesznivy, art historian, Hungarian National Gallery, exhibition curator The latest in the National Galle-ry’s series of retrospectives presenting outstanding 20th-century artists features Károly Ferenczy. The exhibition presents about 150 paintings and 80 drawings by Ferenczy, as well as numerous photographs, letters, catalogues and books. After a review of Hungarian and foreign collections (both public and private) works of art have been lent by […]
How will museums be affected by the inevitable reduction of staff due to financial reasons? MúzeumCafé 26. Zsófia Demeter, head of the Fejér County Museums Directorate: Reducing the staff in itself isn’t a big issue. Of course, from a human point of view it’s very difficult, but the circumstances don’t allow consideration of that. Courage is needed in that the ever growing volume of tasks is performed on a constant, moreover increasingly […]
Power, urbanism and art in the history of two centuries Museuminsel in Berlin – The museum theory questions MúzeumCafé 26. author: Zsófia Frazon The island in Berlin where today mainly museums can be found is a naturally formed geographical location in the city centre embraced by the Spree and the Kupfergraben. For several centuries it has been the site of buildings housing works of art owned by emperors, private collectors and later the state. Today it is a […]