Category: Museums

BBS 50: Other Voices, Other Rooms: Art Hall

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BBS was a filmstudio producing more than 511 films in less than 50 years. It was very famous until the 1990s, but since then it has dissapeard. This exhibition will try to enlighten the younger generation so they will know more about what was before them. In the words of the organizers: “This ambitious exhibition on the past fifty years of the BBS would help younger generations to have a better understanding of the age and the context, in which these films were made, and would also offer those contemporaries who are familiar with the BBS an opportunity to re-interpret the Studio’s work.” The exhibition will be held in the Art Hall located by the Heroes Square.

BBS 50: Other Voices, Other Rooms
Art Hall Budapest
December 16, 2009 – February 21, 2010

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The Alchemy of Beauty: Museum of Fine Arts

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A new exhibition is coming to the Museum of Fine Arts located at the Heroes Square in Budapest. The full name of the exhibition is: “The Alchemy of Beauty: Parmigianino – Drawings and Prints”. It seems as if the Museum of Fine Arts likes Italy as this is their third exhibition in a row featuring paintings and works of Italians!

The Alchemy of Beauty
Museum of Fine Arts
1 December 2009 – 15 March 2010

Some words about the exhibition from the organizers:
The graceful elegance of Parmigianino’ works was regarded by his contemporaries and the succeeding generations as the perfection of style. The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest does not preserve any of his paintings, however, we own an extensive collection of his drawings and prints. Parmigianino was a passionate and prolific draughtsman. Almost one thousand sheets have survived, representing the richest drawing oeuvre of sixteenth-century Italy, with the exception of Leonardo. The diversity of the themes and techniques of the twenty autograph drawings in the Collection of Prints and Drawings represent every period of the artist’s career and provide an insight into his magnificent art.

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The Árpád-Stripers then and now: Holocaust Museum

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Árpád Striped flag in Budapest
Árpád Striped flag in Budapest

A new temporary exhibition is coming to the Holocaust Museum in Budapest. The exhibition is called “The Árpád-Stripers then and now” and it is for sure an exhibition that has something to say in todays political situation in Hungary discussing the origin of the Árpád-striped flag and the famous Turul bird. This sounds interesting, so I hope I will be able to visit it myself!

The Árpád-Stripers then and now
Holocaust Museum
November 27, 2009 – February 28, 2010

Some words about the exhibition from the organizers:
After 1990 extreme right-wing groups have appeared in Hungary, which openly own Arrow Cross and Nazi traditions, too. This can be well observed in the adoption and emulation of the symbolisms of the right-wing movements in the interwar period in general, and in the 1930s and 1940s in particular. The successors today either do not know, or, what is worse, they know perfectly well what symbols they are using.

In the exhibition the Árpád-striped flag, the flags of Kings Emeric, Saint Ladislas and Mathias Hunyadi and of Prince Ferenc Rákóczi, as well as the turul bird are displayed as historical relics, which have nothing much in common with today’s usage.

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Atany, a village in Hungary: Museum of Ethnography

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If you are looking for information about life in a small village in Hungary, this exhibition might be interesting for you. In the time after the Second World War things changed quickly and the people working with agriculture had to change both equipment and technology. In this exhibition about Atany you will see people objects and get insight into the life of a farmer in the time after the Second World War, in Atany. The exhibition will be held in the Museum of Ethnography.

Atany, a village in Hungary
Museum of Ethnography
November 18, 2009 – June 13, 2010

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Late baroque impressions: Hungarian National Gallery

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Franz Anton Maulbertsch

A new exhibition is coming to the Hungarian National Gallery opening November 20 and lasting until February 28, 2010. In the exhibition we will meet with the work of Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) and Josef Winterhalder (1743-1807).

Late baroque impressions
Hungarian National Gallery
November 20, 2009 – February 28, 2010

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Marcipan Museum in Budapest

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During a guided tour last week we decided to drop by the Marcipan Museum located in the Hilton Hotel in the castle area of Budapest. During our short stay inside the museum I made some pictures, so take a look below for a little feeling of what you can see inside the Marcipan Museum. More information about the museum at the Marcipan Museum page.

Marcipan Museum pictures

The nature photographer of the year 2009

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Natural History Museum Budapest

Between November 4th and December 7th you can take a look at the photos considered to be the best nature photograph’s in Hungary in 2009. The pictures in the exhibition have been selected from more than 4000 pictures. So if you appreciate and enjoy nice pictures from the nature, you should consider this exhibition in the Natural History Museum in Budapest!

The best nature photograph’s in 2009
Találkozás a természettel – Az év természetfotósa 2009.
Hungarian National History Museum
November 4th – December 7th

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John Kalvin’s impact on our culture: Budapest History Museum

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John Calvin

John Calvin was a very important character in the reformation that took place in the start of the 16th century. Together with Luther they opposed the Catcholic Church and later they opposed one another. Today we can see the result in the Lutheran and in the Calvinist (Reformed) church.

In this exhibition taking place in the Budapest History Museum you will meet with John Calvin and his impact and influence on our culture and lives, along the Danube. The exhibition is being arranged as a part of the celebration of his 500 year anniversary (he was born 500 years ago).

John Kalvin’s impact on our culture
A Kálvin hagyománya – Református kulturális örökség a Duna mentén
Budapest History Museum
October 31, 2009 – February 15, 2010

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From Botticelli to Titian: Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition

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From Botticelli to Titian

A new exhibition is on its way to the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. Just as the Turner and Italy exhibition is about to close a new temporary exhibition with focus on Italy is on the way. The title of the exhibition is “From Botticelli to Titian: Masterpieces of Two Centuries of Italian Art.”

Since the Museum of Fine Arts has a lot of paintings from old Hungarian masters they felt it right to launch an exhibition focusing in on the Italian painters, presenting different painters and styles. Paintings will also be borrowed in from fine arts museums in Italy, so this will be a dazzling experience for those in love with italian art.

From Botticelli to Titian:
Masterpieces of Two Centuries of Italian Art
October 28, 2009 – February 14, 2010

The genetical family tree of the Hungarians

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Hungarian National History Museum
Hungarian National History Museum

A new exhibition is opening today in the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest. It is called “The Genetical Family Tree of the Hungarians” and it deals with questions such as:

– Where do we come from?
– What kind of genes did our ancestors bring?
– How related are we to our ancestors?

The exhibition will show the results from the research of historians and anthropologists. These questions are heavily debated, so it will for sure be interesting to see what kind of answers they present to these questions.

The Genetical Family Tree of the Hungarians
October 21, 2009 – January 2, 2010
Hungarian Natural History Museum