How did the museums settle in the palace? Thoughts of those who moved in author: Emőke Gréczi Katalin Irás Melis, archaeologist, József Lakatos, restorer, Béla Esti, former director In 1945, Buda Castle Palace was burnt out and in ruins. In the end it was rebuilt as a cultural rather than political centre, perhaps because it was clear that restoration could take decades. From the mid 60s to the mid 70s, three museums […]
The Holy Crown is not simply a work of art Zsuzsa Lovag, archaeologist, former director of the Museum of Applied Arts MúzeumCafé 49. author: Emőke Gréczi The return of the Holy Crown to Hungary from the US in early 1978 was one of the most important events of the Kádár era from the political, cultural and art historical perspectives alike. The media and the diplomats treated the event with due solemnity. What is not so well known is how the transfer […]
Play to the very end! József Kriston Vízi, cultural mediator at the Katona József Museum, Kecskemét MúzeumCafé 49. author: Katica Kocsis In 2012 JózsefKristonVízi won the Podmaniczky Prize. He received the award for doing a great deal for the protection of Hungary’s built and natural environment, and its cultural heritage. It was no surprise, since he has striven intensely to preserve and spread knowledge about the culture of toys found in the Carpathian Basin. JózsefKristonVízi has […]
“We are managing 210,000 objects” Réka Szekrényesy, head of Collections Management at the Museum of Ethnography MúzeumCafé 49. author: Judit Jankó Budapest’s Museum of Ethnography collects, archives, preserves, researches and exhibits traditional and modern objects of Hungarian and foreign communities in order to understand cultural diversity and changing identities. The formation of the museum is linked with the appointment of JánosXántus to head the then Department of Ethnography at the National Museum. Xántus was originally a […]
“The museum wasmy childhood dream” Interview with Zoltán Kallós, Transylvanian ethnographer MúzeumCafé 49. author: Anna Keszeg The ZoltánKallós Foundation is based in Răscruci near Cluj-Napoca in Romania. It operates a Transylvanian Plain diaspora educational centre and folk art camps, as well as a regional museum. The centre, which has turned into a place of pilgrimage, hosts camps for different age groups throughout the summer. Of those, the International Folk Music and […]
The time is over for conventional museums where ‘sacred objects’ are displayed to be viewed by visitors Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism MúzeumCafé 49. author: Éva Marton After many years and several moves, the country’s smallest state funded museum, the Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism (HMTT), has found a permanent home in Old Buda, in the former house of the writer GyulaKrúdy. It was the idea of hotelier FrigyesGlück to have a catering history collection, but it was not put into […]
Where the spirit of Great Bihar Land watches over The Bihar Museum in Berettyóújfalu is Museum of the Year 2014 MúzeumCafé 49. author: Nóra Busi Vágvölgyi The Bihar Museum, which was founded in 1974, moved to the former building of the Berettyó-újfalu Town Hall in 2001. During 2015 the museum’s endeavour of several decades has received significant recognition, since in addition to two special ministerial rewards it has been able to display the ‘Museum of the Year 2014’ plaque on its […]
“Live Like a Bronze Age Man for a Day!” Archaeological parks in Hungary and elsewhere MúzeumCafé 49. author: Marianna Berényi There are some 300 open-air archaeological museums in Europe, attracting a total of 6-7 million visitors annually. True, the number is small compared to the popularity of Disneyland near Paris, which alone has double that number of visitors. Yet it is worth considering, since this field seems unexploited both by the museum profession and tourism, […]
Rembrandt, Titian, Bellotto The spirituality and splendour of the Dresden Gallery MúzeumCafé 49. author: János Papházi, historian, museologist, head of the museum department at the Gödöllő Royal Palace An impressive exhibition of historical painting can now be seen in Eugene of Savoy’s former winter palace in Vienna. The Winterpalais, an affiliate of the Belvedere, is an outstanding location for displaying paintings of the Dresden Gallery. The exhibition includes works by outstanding 16th-18th-century European masters. Renovation of the Dresden Gallery, which started in 2013, […]
Be a virtual curator The role of museum websites in school and individual education MúzeumCafé 49. author: Orchidea Romhányi art historian The digital revolution has resulted in a great variety of technological and social changes. Today use of the internet is an everyday matter for many people. It is the easiest and simplest way of contacting others, as well as obtaining information. Thus nowadays being online is vital for efficient operation in many areas of life. […]