Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Military History Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Tóth Árpád Sétány 40.
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A rich collection of weapons from the days before the Turkish wars to the 20th century. Collection of uniforms, flags, maps, ammunition and 28,000 coins.… Read the rest here →
Name: Liszt Ferenc Emlékmúzeum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty utca 35.
Internet: http://www.lisztmuseum.hu
Everything here is about Liszt. The building on the corner of Vörösmarty Street and Andrássy Avenue accomodates the Liszt Ferenc Research Centre (Liszt Ferenc Kutatóközpont) and Research Library of Musical History on its ground floor, the Memorial Museum on its first floor and the deservedly famous concert hall one floor above.… Read the rest here →
Name: Ráth György Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1068 Budapest, Városligeti fasor 12.
A villa in the eclectic style houses this museum entirely dedicated to Indian art and art from the Far East: sculptures, statuettes, jewellery, tapestries. In the part devoted to Japanese art (room 6 and 1st floor), you can admire some beautiful collections of combs made of ivory and golden lacquer ware, pipes and pipe cases as well as a reconstruction of the tea ceremony with all the utensils that are used.… Read the rest here →
Name: Hungarian National Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt 14-16.
Phone: + 36 1 338-2122
Internet: http://www.hnm.hu
Founded in 1802 by Count Ferenc Széchenyi, it occupies a Neo-classical palace fronted with a portico with Corinthian columns.… Read the rest here →
Name: Applied Arts Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1091 Budapest, Üllő út 33-37.
Inaugurated in 1896, this building is another one that is inescapable. The architect Ödön Lechner with this work wanted to illustrate the Secession style, a Hungarian branch of Art nouveau in which the oriental inspiration is evident.… Read the rest here →