Chieftains galloping even in death Exhibition of the Year 2014 MúzeumCafé 49. author: Marianna Berényi To show as many objects as possible, provide the most possible information in a a way that it would not be overwhelming, but spectacular, trendy, authentic and even humorous – that is how the leading principles of the exhibition The Elite – the Richest Cemeteries from the Period of the Hungarian Conquest in the Carpathian […]
Storage is not simply warehousing, but the preservation of value Hungarian archaeological collections and repositories MúzeumCafé 49. author: Andrea Csapláros archaeologist, director of the Savaria Museum in Szombathely There are about 60 museums and institutes in Hungary which have archaeological collections and exhibition spaces. Today, apart from permanent and temporary displays, new possibilities have appeared for visitors to explore archaeological treasures in museums. Archaeological storage depots preserve a significant part of the collections and in the best cases they are the location of […]
What kind of professional possibilities exist in Hungary today for launching systematic archaeological explorations and satisfactorily concluding them? MúzeumCafé 49. Archaeologist Paula Zsidi, director of the Aquincum Museum, notes that in Hungary excavations which could be regarded as systematic began in the late 19th century. The aim was to learn about a site and to collect as many finds as possible. Now the situation is different. Excavations aimed at research, as opposed to those associated […]
“ …centuries of tradition in appreciating antiquities…” – Formation of the museum structure in Sopron and the situation today MúzeumCafé 49. author: Beatrix Basics Sopron’s unique history and its many monuments are often highlighted. No wonder that in the 1960s Sopron was the sub-ject of a ‘model project’ of Hungarian monument protection. Its museums were in a similar situation. The municipal museum was headed by an outstanding scholar, though after his death its independence came to an end. Today […]
“I cannot see into the future, but I have confidence” Past, present and planned future of the Museum of Hungarian Photography MúzeumCafé 49. author: Gellért Rajcsányi The idea of establishing a museum of photography in Hungary is by no means new. In fact, it is one and a half centuries old. In 1862 Ferenc Veress, a university professor and a pioneer of colour photography in Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca in Romania) set out the following message for Hungary’s photographers in the illustrated […]
The Labyrinth of El Kazovsky in the National Gallery Conversation with the awardees author: Judit Jankó AndrásRényi, KrisztinaJerger and LászlóSzázados, curators of the exhibition The Survivor’s Shadow -– The Life and Works of El Kazovsky,were presented with this year’s MúzeumCafé Award. The exhibition staged in the Hungarian National Gallery was highly successful among museum experts and the public. Its approach to the oeuvre was fresh and novel. It used visuality consciously, […]
Laudation MúzeumCafé Award 2015 Curators of the El Kazovsky Exhibition author: Emőke Gréczi Dear prize-winners, guests and colleagues, The MúzeumCafé Award is being presented for the sixth time. Unusually, not one but three are involved. Unlike earlier, the award is not presented for managing a museum or curating a permanent exhibition, but for a project which no longer exists. The decision correlates with the endeavour to step over […]
“What I Would Have Liked is for the Museum to be a World-Class Institute” Conversation with Mihály Nagy, archaeologist author: Zoltán Pallag Mihály Nagy speaks not only about what it was like to be a Roman era archaeologist in the country’s largest museum, the Hungarian National Museum, but also about how he took part in authenticating the Sevso treasure, what assumptions were adopted regarding the origin of the finds, how the museum’s lapidarium came into being, and […]
“What Could be Exhibited and Where Was Laid Down” Conversation with BajkayÉva, art historian author: Emőke Gréczi Éva Bajkay, on behalf of the Hungarian National Gallery (HNG), was involved with the transfer of Béla Uitz’s works to Hungary. Having just graduated as an art historian, she was sent to meet the elderly Uitz at the station. This sealed her fate in that she became a resolute researcher of the Hungarian avant-garde and […]
Austria’s Largest Museum is Celebrating The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is 125 Years Old author: JánosPapházi, historian The Kunsthistorisches is not only Austria’s largest museum, it is also the country’s most visited arts collection and – according to the May 2013 issue of The Times magazine – one of the world’s ten best museums. This year it is celebrating the 125th anniversary of its opening. The Neue Burg, beyond the Ringstrasse, the […]