’s-Hertogenbosch Visions of a Genius A Bosch Retrospective in his Birthplace author: Sándor Juhász There is huge interest in the exhibition, more than 90,000 tickets were sold in advance at a price of 22 euros each. The income is indeed needed, since the overall cost of the exhibition amounts to seven million euros and the cost of research was three million, which is believed to be a record sum […]
Arranging Within Strict Limits The Revitalised Czóbel Museum in Szentendre author: Julianna P. Szűcs “If my work has received some recognition, that is not an accumulation of official laurel leaves, and anyway perhaps failures more richly characterise an oeuvre.” Thus wrote Béla about himself Czóbel in 1946. Success versus the lack of it – it’s worth pondering, precisely in his case, since he apparently had less problem with the […]
Historical and Methodological Layers The Archaeology of Exhibition Space author: Zsófia Frazon Boxes, chests of drawers, made beds, furniture, a mirror, household textiles, clothes, baskets and utensils on one side, a couple in national costume with a priest, a church interior with a coffered ceiling and a carved bench, the Lord’s Table and a pulpit on the other. All these are in the Museum of Ethnography’s permanent […]
All You Need to Know About OMMIK A Database for Experts in the Hungarian National Museum author: Ildikó Sz. Fejes, head of OMMIK In October 2011 the Hungarian National Museum created a new department – the National Museology, Methodology and Information Centre (OMMIK in its Hungarian acronym). The decision, aimed at helping the development of Hungarian museum practice, reflected the principle whereby professional methodology centres are based in national institutes – for example the Library Institute in the […]
Methodology Calligraphy And Media Art Hungarians in the Daegu Culture and Arts Center author: Katalin Pásti In October 2015 I visited South Korea in connection with an exhibition. The visit dated back to 2014, when Interconnection, the Daegu-Budapest International Arts Exchange Exhibition opened in Budapest’s Korean Cultural Centre. Members of the Daegu Fine Arts Association (DFAA) and the Hungarian Hussart arts group participated. The connection between the two came about during […]
Methodology Enea Lanfranconi An Undeservedly Forgotten Art Collector author: Zsófia Bognár EneaLanfranconi (1850–1895) is one of the forgotten greats of Hungary’s museum history. During his tragically short life he expanded the collections of several Hungarian museums and supported the initiatives of numerous civil organisations and cultural authorities. After his death the Hungarian state purchased a large part of his collection, thus enriching the Hungarian National Museum, […]
National Museum The Garden of the Nation Two Centuries of the Museum Garden in Pest author: Béla Debreczeni-Droppán Since 2013 a stela in the garden of the Hungarian National Museum has proclaimed that the building and its surroundings constitute a location of national memory, which, enshrined in law, is among the few places which are of outstanding importance for the Hungarian nation. Thus the Museum Garden is not simply a public park, but […]
National Museum A Century of Development in the Museum of the Nation From the 1896 Millenary Celebrations to the 1989–90 Political Changes author: Vilmos Gál In the late 19th century differentiation between the branches of science took place, and this process included museology – the division of the large, unified national collections got underway and independent, specialist institutes appeared. The process in Hungary began in the 1870s. It can be said that the 20th-century history of the HNM began in […]
National Museum Picture Gallery and Historical Gallery Private Collection of a High Priest Turned National Pantheon author: Beatrix Basics Six years after Count FerencSzéchényi had offered, in 1802, to donate his private collection to help establish a national collection, JakabFerdinánd Miller, the first director, laid the plans for a Hungarian National Museum (HNM) before the National Assembly. The plan envisioned that the museum walls would be decorated with pictures of great Hungarian personalities. A […]
The Hungarian National Museum – National Museums Nationalfounders and foundations in Europe author: Ernő Marosi art historian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Before the era of the internet, travellers who wanted to gain information when visiting a country’s capital did best by going to a national museum. There they were introduced to the geography of the country, could learn about its natural and economic treasures and obtain a brief account of its history, at least as much […]