Programs and Exhibitions of the Budapest History Museum - Castle Museum,  Kiscell Museum - Municipal Picture Gallery,  and Aquincum Museum  -  2011.

 

CASTLE MUSEUM 

Buda Castle "E" building  -  Opening hours  -  Contact

 

 

Permanent exhibitions:

 

- Budapest in the Modern Age (under construction)
- Gothic sculptures from the Royal Palace of Buda

- The history of Budapest from the prehistoric age
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The medieval Royal Palace of the Buda castle

Further information: Front page - Castle Museum - Permanent exhibitions

Temporary exhibitions:

 

Jesuit set designs

Exhibition in the Budapest History Museum

Buda Castle Building E

Open: 26th of March 2011. – 25th September 2011

 

The Baroque stage designs are documents of prime importance in the World's cultural heritage. From 1619 to 1773, when the order was dissolved, the Jesuits regularly held theatrical performances at first in Latin and later in Hungarian, German, and Slovakian. In terms of scenography the performances were spectacular as shown by the set designs, which were possibly made between 1676 and 1720. The allegorical figures in the drawings refer to the subject and theme of the Baroque theatre performances. Thus, these decorations are the authentic documents of the artistic, cultural and theatrical history of the period, which have so far not been treated in a wide context. The collection is unique. Throughout Europe approximately 15-20 specimens of Jesuit set design are available and there are 106 pieces in the scenographic collection of the Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute. Until 1726 the designs still belonged to the Jesuit Order. They were later transferred from the Storno family in Sopron to the collection of our museum at the end of the 1960s.

 

Programs:

 

In the Light of the Turkish Half Moon

The Night of the Museums 24th of June 2011


It's been 325 years since the Christian Armies have recaptured the Buda Castle from the Ottoman Empire. With our programmes we reminisce the time of the Ottoman rule and we give an insight into the world of today's Turkish culture.

 

Opening Programme:

1600 – 1900 Royal Panorama: a visit to the office of the Budapest History Museum's director-general

 

Those visitors, who purchase their tickets to Night of Museums at our museum, will have a chance to visit the office of the director-general in a group conduct and from his window will be able to see one of greatest views of Budapest.

 

Baroque Hall

 

1600 – 1800         Workshop for children to make Turkish-style souvenirs

2100 – 2230       Concert of the Canlar Band: My Bird Soul in a Cage- Turkish mystical music from                  the 18th -21th century, then dance house with the Turkinfo-Dolunay dance music band

2300 – 2350       Belly dance performance and lesson (http://www.shaba.hu/)

 

Gothic Hall

 

1630 – 1800       Movie screening: The Testament of the Aga of Koppány

                        (director: Éva Zsurzs, distributor:MTV) (only in Hungarian!)

1900 – 2000       The Turkish sieges of Buda Castle- slideshow presentation

                         (presenter: János B. Szabó, military historian)

2000 – 2130       Movie screening: Pupil Gábor

                        (director: László Kalmár, distributor: Hungarian National Movie Archive) (only in                   Hungarian!)

2145 – 2320       Movie screening: On the Other Side

                        (director: Fatih Akin, distributor: Best Hollywood) (only in Hungarian!)

 

Garden

 

1800-1900         Archery performance from the Ottoman Period with the contribution of the                             Historians of Eger

 

Guided Tours

 

1700 – 1730      Budapest in the Ottoman Period

                        (tour guide: Adrienn Papp, archeologist)

1800 – 1900      Palaces, Monasteries, Villages- the Medieval researches of László Gerevich (1911-                1997)

                        (tour guide: Dr Károly Magyar, archeologist)

2200 - 2245       Paintings of the town

                        (tour guide: Eszter Molnárné Aczél, art historian)

 

Services:

·        Henna painting- a mystical journey into the magical world of the East. Feel and live through the beauty and mystic of henna painting  http://hennasite.uw.hu/

·        Turkish jewellery and souvenir sale http://www.szultankincsei.hu/

 

The programme may change according to the circumstances!

 

Concert programs 

 

KISCELL MUSEUM - MUNICIPAL PICTURE GALLERY 

Kiscelli utca 108. Budapest, 1037  Opening hours  -  Contact

 

Permanent exhibitions:

-  Baroque sculpture hall

-  Printing houses and newspapers in Buda (-) Pest

-  Old trade-signs and shop-signs from Pest

-  Selected works from the 20th century collection of the Municipal Picture Gallery

-  The Capital's Antiquity and Public places - private spaces 1780-1940

-  Golden Lion Pharmacy exhibition

-  Statue park (open-air exhibition)

 

Further information: Front page - Kiscell Museum - Permanent exhibitions

Temporary exhibitions:

 

Church-interior:

 

Oratory:

 

Sculpture hall:

Programs, Concerts: 

 

 

AQUINCUM MUSEUM

Záhony u. 4. Budapest, 1033  Opening hours  -  Contact

 

Current exhibitions

 

Exhibition archives

 

Events

 

 

EXHIBITION HALLS

 

HERCULES VILLA 

Address: Meggyfa u. 19-21. Budapest, 1033

Opening hours

 


THERMAE MAIORES 

Address: Flórián tér 3-5.  Budapest, 1033

(Pedestrian underground passage)

Opening hours

 


MEDIAEVAL JEWISH CHAPEL 

Address: Táncsics M. u. 26. Budapest, 1014

Opening hours