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June 2018
Builders of Budapest
โThose who Built Budapestโ is the title of an absorbing one-room exhibition currently on show at the Budapest History Museum (in the ex-Royal Palace on Castle Hill) and prolonged until September. The title of the show deliberately doesnโt use the word โarchitectโ. The lens through which the city is viewed…
Crowded Times
โCrowded Timesโ is the title of an exhibition of posters currently running at the Hungarian National Museum (until 25th August). The works chosen all come from the museumโs extensive collection and span the period from 1896, the year of the Magyar Millennium (when Hungary celebrated 1000 years of existence), to…
Good news from Florence
It is well known that the famous Medici and Lorraine collections are housed in various museums in Florence, not just in the Uffizi and Pitti galleries (recently re-united under one director). The scientific collections are in the Museo Galileo, the musical instruments in the Galleria dellโAccademia, the Renaissance sculpture in…
The Heartwarming Middle Ages
โThe Heartwarming Middle Agesโ (Szรญvmelegรญtล Kรถzรฉpkor) is the title of an appealing small exhibition running at the Budapest History Museumโs Buda Castle site until September. The forerunner of the ceramic stove is thought to have originated in Alpine Switzerland sometime in the early Middle Ages, when simple clay pots were…
Waves of Art Nouveau
World Art Nouveau Day this year is celebrated on 10th June. In part to mark the occasion but also to honour the centenary of the death of Otto Wagner and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Marcell Komor, FUGA: Budapest Center of Architecture, in conjunction with the Hungarian Museum…
