Museums and art

Museum of Commerce and Hostelry

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Name: Museum of Commerce and Hostelry
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Korona tér 1.

Description

It will make you relive the period of the development of trade in Hungary and tourism in Budapest. Already for the exhibition of the Thousandth Anniversary in 1896 the city had achieved some feats in the field of catering and hostelry.… Read the rest here →

Transport Museum

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Name: Transport Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1146 Budapest, Városligeti krt. 11.
Internet: http://www.mmkm.hu/

Description

This museum is closed for a renovation.

The history of the countless miraculous machines that were results of the most successful combinations of functionality and esthetics can be learned at the exhibitions covering a wide spectrum of vehicles on wheels, in water and in the air.… Read the rest here →

House of Hungarian Photography

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Name: House of Hungarian Photography
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 20.

Description

The house where the distinguished Hungarian photographer Mai Manó once lived now houses a photography museum in the heart of the theatre district. Temporary photography exhibitions – both Hungarian and foreign – are organised in this beautiful late-19C building, which features a magnificent stairwell with a wrought-iron banister, frescoes, stuccowork, Miksa Róth stained-glass windows and a glass-roofed studio.… Read the rest here →

The Pharmacy Museum

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Name: The Pharmacy Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Tárnok utca 18.

Description

A 15th century merchant’s house which was turned into the Arany Sas pharmacy (the Golden Eagle’s) in the middle of the 18th century. This small museum exhibits pharmaceutical objects, pots and instruments from the 16th to 19th century and an 18th century apothecary has been reconstructed, together with a laboratory that is more like an alchemist’s den.… Read the rest here →