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2025. május 17., 14:04

Sights & culture

Explore museums for less or free on International Museum Day

18 May marks International Museum Day, and you can celebrate with free entry or discounted tickets around town.

2024. augusztus 16., 16:21

Sights & culture

The best ways to escape the summer heat in Budapest

We’ve rounded up five places in the city where you can beat the heat and have a great time.

2024. június 28., 16:03

Sights & culture

8 exciting exhibitions for the summer

Stunning wedding gowns, fashion shots capturing Eastern European beauty, and the world of Banksy – these are the top exhibitions this summer.

2023. október 25., 17:07

Sights & culture

Old buildings with new functions: 5 fascinating palaces and mansions to visit – Part 2

Once noble palaces, today they are home to hotels and museums – take a look behind the walls of some of the most beautiful buildings in Budapest!

2022. július 25., 08:58

Sights & culture

Museum of Applied Arts reopens for rare Esterházy exhibition

Enter the Museum of Applied Arts for the first time in five years thanks to a new temporary exhibition showcasing recently renovated Esterházy treasures.

2022. július 12., 09:47

Sights & culture

Pictures of Budapest – Strange attractions and alternative museums

Budapest is not all grand museums and stately institutions – there's plenty of strange treasure hiding in bizarre museums. Our photographers went on a journey of discovery around the city.

2022. július 8., 13:35

Sights & culture

7 great exhibitions in Budapest this summer

Along with the art of Hieronymus Bosch and Henri Matisse, summer exhibitions in Budapest cover subjects as diverse as vintage photography and the world of bees.

2022. június 27., 09:56

Sights & culture

Find random treasure at the Lost and Found exhibition in the Underground Railway Museum

Ceremonial swords, an inflated mattress and a tango accordion – passengers leave all kinds of things on the metro. A new exhibition at the Underground Railway Museum displays the most bizarre.

2022. június 24., 16:49

Sights & culture

Unbuilt Budapest – new exhibition shows how the capital might have looked today

The best-laid plans... New exhibition reveals how Budapest might have looked had gigantic projects been carried out in generations past.

2022. június 17., 13:37

Sights & culture

Spies, Sisi and Stalin – new show at the National Museum revels in random fun

Discover random historic treasure at a new exhibition at the Hungarian National Museum, 'From Sisi's Glove to Stalin's Ear'. On view until 21 August.

2022. június 15., 15:28

Sights & culture

More than just a pretty plate – visit Ceramics Space at the new Museum of Ethnography

Ceramics Space at the new Museum of Ethnography displays colourful examples of household items, Bronze-Age bells and a female statuette from 2,600 BC. And it's all free to enter!

2022. június 13., 16:17

Sights & culture

Europe’s largest pollination exhibition celebrates bees at the Natural History Museum

Buzzzzz! The vital work of bees is celebrated at a fascinating exhibition at the Hungarian Natural History Museum, open until the end of December.

2022. június 7., 08:45

Sights & culture

Baroque Hall at the Museum of Fine Arts reopens after major renovation

Admire the renovated splendour of the Baroque Hall, recently reopened with suitable sculptures and paintings, the next time you visit the Museum of Fine Arts.

2022. május 25., 10:35

Sights & culture

Interactive features, vast display spaces and a roof garden – Museum of Ethnography opens in City Park

The newly opened Museum of Ethnography in City Park displays thousands of fascinating artefacts in a vast space facilitated by interactive features and topped by a panoramic roof garden.

2022. május 18., 10:37

Sights & culture

10 best memorial museums in Budapest

Stroll around Bartók's garden, see the desk-drawer piano Franz Liszt composed on and admire the dramatic figures of sculptor Imre Varga at the memorial museums where these great Hungarians lived.

2022. május 18., 10:09

Sights & culture

Giro fever hits Budapest – Buda Castle Museum honours the Italian tour with a cycling exhibition

Experience being in the body of a racing cyclist, try out an old training machine and learn about the colourful history of the Giro d'Italia tour race at a new exhibition at the Buda Castle Museum.

2022. március 31., 10:02

Sights & culture

Feel like a millionaire at Budapest’s new interactive Money Museum

Everyone's a millionaire at the newly opened Hungarian Money Museum, whose English-friendly interactive features allow you to trace the history of currency – even print your own!

2022. március 29., 15:51

Budapest

Green light given to build Budapest’s new Museum of Transport

All aboard! Permits have been granted to construct the various buildings making up the complex of the new Transport Museum, set to transform the former industrial neighbourhood of Kőbánya.

2022. március 9., 15:08

Culture

Museum of Illusions

Having opened in many big cities around the world

2022. február 10., 14:41

Sights & culture

From shamans to Star Wars – stunning permanent exhibition opens at the House of Hungarian Music

Take a walk through the history of music when you visit the interactive exhibition Sound Dimensions – Musical Journeys in Space & Time at the newly opened House of Hungarian Music in City Park.

2022. január 28., 10:33

Sights & culture

New tourist attractions to open at the Aquincum Museum in former Roman Budapest

See how the Romans lived in Budapest 2,000 years ago when the new user-friendly attractions at the Aquincum Museum are unveiled.

2022. január 18., 14:40

Sights & culture

Endre Ady Memorial Museum reopens

New installations, larger exhibition spaces and a series of talks now feature at the revamped Endre Ady Memorial Museum in downtown Budapest, showcasing the life and work of Hungary's celebrated poet.

2022. január 11., 13:52

Sights & culture

7 great exhibitions to see in Budapest this winter

Warm up and dive into a little art and culture with an exhibition or two in Budapest this January.