Category: Museums

Cut over: Temporary exhibition in Terror House

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Terror Museum Budapest

Cut over; that is the title for the temporary exhibition currently hosted in the Terror House in Budapest. This year it is 20 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain, and because of that this exhibition deals with the freedom the Hungarians have won slowly since the revolution in 1956. It also has to do with the fact that between September 10, 1989 and November 9, 1989 more than 60,000 Germans left the nation.

The Hungarians have achieved freedom in different ways and at different times, and this temporary exhibition deals with exactly that.

Cut over / Terror House Budapest
Iron Curtain, Pan-European Picnic, Change of government
June 14, 2009 – December 31, 2009

Polish Refugees in Hungary 1939-1944: Budapest History Museum

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The exhibition in the Budapest History Museum called “Friends in Misery – Polish Refugees in Hungary 1939-1944” is soon about to end. The last date for the exhibition is October 22nd, so if you are interested, but have not had the time to see it yet, you better get going.

Some useful background information:
During the Second World War around 100-140 thousand Polish refugees were staying in Hungary. In the fall of 1939 ca. 70-90 thousand Polish soldiers and civilians entered the territory of Hungary. The majority left till the spring of 1940 but till the end of the war around 30 thousand soldiers and civilians stayed in Hungary as Poland did not surrender officially even after the defeat. The Polish government and the military headquarters was reorganized in France and several outstanding politicians and military leaders fled to France often through Hungary.

How We See the Finns? Exhibition: Museum of Ethnography

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What does a Hungarian think about the Finns? What have shaped their way of thinking of the Finns? What does a Hungarian know about Finland and the culture of the nation?

There is a relationship between Hungary and Finland when it comes to the language. The Finno-Ugric relationship is discussed in the exhibition, and questions are asked as for example: “Why are the Finns so important to us, anyway?” The visitors are also presented what Hungarians choose to think is very typical Finnish.

How We See the Finns? – Finland: A Hungarian Perspective
Museum of Ethnography
June 27 (2009)  – November 28 (2010)

Markus Schinwald exhibition in Budapest Art Hall

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Markus Schinwald is an artist born in Salzburg 1973. He is a contemporary artist of a unique character, whose interests include the reinterpretation of myths and human relations. In essence, his Budapest show focuses on the role of the body as defined by its cultural relations, analysing such components as fashion, dressing and gestures.

Markus Schinwald: Pocket History
September 30 – November 2009
Art Hall Budapest

Predators in Natural History Museum

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Predators
Predators

Manking has always been fascinated by predators and in this exhibition the visitors are introduced to different predation techniques, tricks and tools.  With the help of a rich combination of interactive games and visual spectacles the goal of the exhibition is to bring the mysterious world of predators closer, banish misconceptions and fear and give enlightment so that the visitor will know more when he lives than when he came.

Predators
March 13 – November 23 (2009)
Hungarian Natural History Museum

Munich, in Hungarian: Hungarian National Gallery

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In the period between 1850 and 1914 almost every Hungarian artist spent time in Munich. They went there to receive teaching and inspiration not available in Hungary. In this exhibition the visitors will see what characterize the paintings of that time, and how this influenced the Hungarian painters staying there for months, years or decades.

Munich – in Hungarian
Hungarian National Gallery
October 1 (2009) – January 10 (2010)

Munich in Hungarian - Hungarian National Gallery

József Borsos exhibition in National Gallery

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József Borsos (1821-1883, Painter and Photographer )
Exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, June 18 – October 25, 2009

Jóseph Borsos exhibition - National Gallery of Hungary

József Boros was one of the best Hungarian painters in the 19th century, yet a mysterious one as well. Not to much information has remained about him from his life. He wasnt only painting, but he was also a photographer taking more than 44,000 pictures during his career as a photographer.

József lived in Vienna as well, and in the exhibition paintings can be found from that period as well, making it possible to compare the paintings from his time in Austria and his time in Hungary.

Paintings have been borrowed to the Hungarian National Gallery from private and public collections.

Exhibitions in Museum of Applied Arts

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Museum of Applied Arts Budapest
Museum of Applied Arts Budapest

There will be quite some different exhibitions going on in addition to the permanent exhibition in the Museum of Applied Arts in October and November (2009). Below you can see some of them:

October 2 – October 25: Finnish design exhibition
October 2 – November 8: Hungarian Design Awards 2009

If any of these exhibitions should sound interesting, or if the permanent exhibition in the Museum of Applied Arts should sound interesting, just go!

Special Thursday programs in Museum of Fine Arts

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The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest arranges special programs every second Thursday to attract both Hungarian and international visitors. So far it has been a major success, and in October you can join such events October 8 and October 22. Below you can see the museum programs on these days (they have extended opening times these evening, which means the museum of Fine Arts is open until 22.00).

Program October 8
Jazz Salon (Marble Hall):
From 6.00pm This Week’s Guest: Four Brothers

Experiencing works-of-art:
7.00pm Guided Tour in English! „Each Painting Tells a Story?” (Old Master’s Gallery) by Ellen Mozley

Program October 22
Jazz Salon (Marble Hall):
From 6pm This Week’s Guest: Cosmos Trio and Dóra Szolnoki

Experiencing works-of-art:
7pm Guided Tour in English! “Martyrs & Saints of Christianity” by Zsuzsanna Gyenis

Turner and Italy: Museum of Fine Arts

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Turner and Italy - Museum of Fine Arts

The Museum of Fine Arts hosts an exhibition called Turner and Italy presenting Turners work in eight parts, ordered chronologically. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) was especially known for his landscape paintings, and at the temporary exhibition you can see more than 80 paintings painted my Turner himself.

The exhibition opened July 15 and will be in the Museum of Fine Arts until October 25, 2009 – which means that there is not much time left for those still interested in visiting the exhibition. The full price ticket for the Turner and Italy exhibition is 2600 Forint. The full price for the permanent exhibition is 1400 Forint.

More about Joseph Mallord William Turner:
Joseph Mallord William Turner was one of the most significant landscape painters of the 19th century and indeed perhaps in the entire history of art. His hugely extensive oeuvre is characterised by thematic diversity and endless technical innovation. He painted true-to-life city- and landscapes – he was especially fond of depictions of the sea -, historical and mythological scenes, contemporary events, but his imagination was also inspired by literature.