Museums in Budapest

Budapest has over 100 museums, some big , but many small but unique and interesting museums.
Tickets are cheap, varying between 800-1200 HUF / adult, but there are many discounts like, the Budapest Card, or if you are pensioner over 62 you pay only half price and over 70 you can enter for free.
Children usually can enter free up to age of 6, as well as disabled persons with their escorts.
Important to know, that museums usually closed on mondays or sometimes on tuesdays as well.

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Hungarian National Museum

Largest museum in Hungary, located in the downtown of Budapest. The impressive building houses several permanent exhibitions including the Crown of St Stephen, first king of Hungary and the Coronation Jewels, History of Hungary from St Stephen to the Millennium and History of Hungary in the 20th century.
Where can you find the National Museum in Budapest?
It is near the Astoria (accessable by red underground at Astoria station or by blue at Ferencziek tere station or bus number 7 from Keleti station, or on foot from Deak square just follow the tramline), at Muzeum korut in the 8th distict.
opening hours : Tue-Sun 10am till 6pm
permanent exhibitions are free to visit

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Museum of Fine Arts

Museum of Fine Arts can be found on the Heroes square. It has large collection of spanish and italian artists. Other highlights are the Egyptian, Greek and Roman displays. And the museum often has non permanent but very exciting shows.
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Where can you find the Museum of Fine Arts?
On the Heroes square, accessable by yellow underground from Vorosmarty or Deak square, or on foot from the Andrassy boulevard.
Opening hours : Tue-Sun 10am till 5:30pm, temporarly exhibitions: 9am till 6pm
permanent exhibitions are free to visit

What's on in the Museum of Fine Arts?
Treasures from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The exhibition spans 9000 years and reveals such unique items as a fragment of the Dead Sea scrolls, as well as works by Rembrandt, Chagall and Rodin.

Museum of Applied Arts

Museum of Applied Arts are opposite the Musem of Fine Arts on the Heroes Square. It has large collection of furniture, textiles, cermatics and woodworks from Hungary.
Opening hours : Tue-Sun 10am till 6pm
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House of Terror

Located not far from the Heroes square on the Andrassy boulevard. The Terror House museum can be seen from its unusual roof from far.You can learn about the Nazi and Communist regime in Hungary, though some rooms convey a highly symbolic meaning that might not be clear to non-Hungarians.
Opening hours : Tue-Fri 10am till 6pm, Sat-Sun 10am till 7:30pm
Admission 1500HUF, 50% discount for children and elderly visitors, FREE for disabled visitors with their caretakers, FREE for students, over 65 pensioners and teachers on Sundays (you have to have a proof of ID).
Guided tours available 1300 HUF in english and german.

Museum of Ethnography

It is the largest ethnography museum in Europe. Here you can see the rich tradition of hungarian folk culture, as the permanent exhibition is the Traditional Culture of Hungarians.
The museum's building is one of the most beautiful of its type, worth an inner visit.
Temporarly exhibitions usually photo exhibitions, WorldPress photo and Hungarian Press photo during summer.
Where can you find the Museum of Ethnography?
It is opposite the Parliament building on the Kossuth square, easily accessable by red underground (kossuth ter station).
Opening hours : 10am till 6pm, closed on mondays
Admission : 800HUF adults, 400HUF students. Budapest Card holders : 650HUF

Budapest History Museum

Learn about the Museum of Budapest! You can see reconstructed part of the medieval Royal Palace and some Gothic statues. The exhibitions provide a glimpse into the city's history from the the first settlers to modern Budapest.
Where can you find the Museum of Budapest History?
It is in the Castle District, in the Royal Palace section E
Opening hours:
1st March-15th May: 10.00-18.00 closed on Tuesdays
16th May-15th Sept: 10.00-18.00 every day
16th Sept-31st Oct: 10.00-18.00 closed on Tuesdays
1st Nov-28th Febr: 10.00-16.00 closed on Tuesdays

Admission :
adult : 1100 HUF
student, pensioner (free for visitors over 65) 550 HUF
family (up to 4) 1800 HUF
Children's program 400 HUF on weekdays, 650 on weekends, 1700/family

Hungarian National Gallery

The biggest collection of hungarian fine arts also can be found in the castle district.
Address : 17th Disz ter (square).
Opening hours : Tue-Sun 10am till 6pm
Permanent exhibitions are free to visit

Kiscell Museum

It is a small museum, but worth to visit, you can see great collection of paintings and graphical arts along its exhibition of the history of the modern Budapest.
Where Kiscell Museum is?
It is at Kiscelli street 108. 3rd. district, tram 17, bus 60, 165, Kiscelli utca stop
Opening hours Tue-Sun 10am till 6pm, closed on mondays
Admission : 600HUF for adults, 300HUF for students, 1000HUF for families

Bela Bartok Memorial House

The museum is in the final Hungarian home of the world-famous Hungarian composer Bela Bartok (1881-1945). The interior reflects the time and atmosphere in which the composer lived. The house often hosts concerts.
Where is the Bela Bartok Memorial House?
Csal�n utca 29., 2nd. district, bus 5 (departs from M�rcius 15. t�r), get off at the last stop (Pasar�ti t�r)
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 10am till 5pm, closed on mondays
Admission : free with Budapest Card