Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Vasarely Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1033 Budapest, Szentlélek tér 6.
Victor Vasarely donated to his country of origin several hundred of his works exhibited in this part of the Zichy castle which looks out over Szentlélek tér.… Read the rest here →
Name: House of Hungarian Photography
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 20.
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 →
Name: The Pharmacy Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Tárnok utca 18.
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 →
Name: Music History Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály utca 7.
This museum exhibits different musical instruments and workshops for old instruments makers. The section devoted to Béla Bartók holds some original scores as well as the medals, statuettes, drawings, photos produced in homage to the great composer.… Read the rest here →
Name: Museum in the former Medieval Synagogue
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Sopron, Új utca 22-24.
This museum is located in the former main street for the Jewish Quarter in Buda where the remains of a synagogue have been discovered, witnessing the presence of a Jewish community.… Read the rest here →