Budapest museums, galleries

Exhibits related to the fascist and communist dictatorships in Hungary.

The Mai Manó House, Hungarian House of Photography, uniquely in Europe, was built for the purpose of exhibiting photography.

It presents the 2000 years of Budapest, on three floors. A visit through the exhibition is a virtual time journey from Roman ages until the present day.

Rock Hospital Museum: a former air hospital and nuclear bunker in the depths of the Castle Hill

The Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center opened in 2013, as an exhibition space, focusing on press and documentary photography. 

A collection of weapons, uniforms, flags and military relics. Built as an army barrack in the 1830s.

Electrotechnical Museum: a museum presenting the development of lighting and electricity

Medieval Jewish Prayer House: 15th century synagogue in the Buda Castle District

Garrison in the Buda Castle: the former barracks of the royal palace guard

Buda Castle Labyrinth: labyrinth under the streets of Buda Castle

The Hungarian National Gallery is the largest public collection documenting and presenting the rise and development of the fine arts in Hungary.

Museum of Roman relics in a large excavation site. Amphitheatre, aqueduct, roman mosaics, and many more.

The Statue Park displaying mementoes of the communist are.

In the House of Hungarian Art Nouveau you will find a great selection of the masterpieces of the Hungarian Art Nouveau movement.

Monument of National Solidarity Budapest - Trianon Memorial: The monument is a 100-meter-long, four-meter-wide promenade that slopes from Kossuth Square.

The oldest museum in Budapest, dedicated to the history of Hungary.

Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art displays masterworks of modern and contemporary art.

The history of the Millennium Underground.

A uniquely beautiful art nouveau building in Pest, the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest features among many things Italian majolica, French furniture, Baroque goldware and Zsolnay ceramics (roof).

Remembering the victims of the Hungarian Holocaust.

György Ráth Villa: the exhibition of the most significant pieces of the Art Nouveau collection of the Museum of Applied Arts

The museum’s collection consists of over 21,000 objects detailing the history of the Hungarian postal service.

Zwack Museum: a museum presenting the history of the famous Unicum liqueur

Study the plants, animals and minerals typical for Hungary.

Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts: Hungary's only Asian art museum

The Transport Museum is one of Europe’s oldest transport collections. Its railway historic collection is of international significance. The museum covers all branches of transportation.

House of Hungarian Music: museum, and concert venue in the City Park

The Hungary’s premier gallery of art from early times until the end of the 18th century is on display in a stately neo-Classical Museum of Fine Arts at Heroes’ Square.

The Museum of Contemporary Art is the definitive exhibition gallery in Hungary for the contemporary arts. 

The House of the Hungarian Millennium is one of the most beautiful monuments of the Városliget, and also the oldest one.

The Agricultural Museum is in the Vajdahunyad castle complex, which is located in Budapest’s City Park behind Heroes’ Square.

Huge collection of items about life in Hungary & the east of Europe in the 19th & 20th centuries.

The Hungarian Railway Museum - Railway History Park has over 100 railroad vehicles on display, on a vast 70,000 m2 area.