Museum
HEREND PORCELAIN MUSEUM
The Herend Porcelain Manufactory is the largest porcelain manufactory in the world specializing in luxury hand painted and gilded porcelain. Founded in 1826, it is based in the town of Herend near the city of Veszprém and Lake Balaton. The Minimanufactory is a miniature copy of the Manufactory, and this is where visitors can witness how heavy paste becomes light, fragile porcelain, how nimble fingers shape, decorate and paint the material that is becoming a living thing. In the Porcelain Museum guest can admire the largest collection of Herend porcelain.
SZENTENDRE - HUNGARIAN OPEN AIR MUSEUM
The largest open-air museum in Hungary is located in Szentendre, just 25 kilometres north of Budapest where visitors can gain first-hand knowledge of the folk architecture, housing culture, farming and lifestyle of the Hungarian speaking areas. The open air ethnographic museum, also known as Skanzen covers 60 hectares. Its collection consists of 312 different buildings arranged in 8 regional units, in addition to 80,000 objects, 9,300 general items and 6,329 data items of historical value, as well as boasting 118,000 photos and 21,117 slides. Simply amazing. The skanzen train makes it much easier to get around this vast area. It runs every hours on the 2.2 kilometres long road and has five stops.
ÓPUSZTASZER NATIONAL HERITAGE PARK
The 136-acre theme park less then 2-hours south of Budapest invites you to explore the history of Hungary as well as the culture and life-style of people living on the Southern Great Plain. The Heritage Park marks one of the most sacred and important historical sites in Hungary, Ópusztaszer, where in the year 896 the modern nation of Hungary was born. If you would like to experience these more than 1100 years old historic moments, be sure to visit the most important building of the Heritage Park, the Rotunda. It is here that the most interesting painting of Hungary is held. The painting, entitled the Arrival of the Hungarians, is, to this day, the largest Hungarian painting, with a length of 120 meters and a height of 15 meters. The painting of Árpád Feszty is very special because, when stretched out in a circular space, it provides a three-dimensional view of the conquest: the moment when the Magyar tribes, led by Árpád, enter the Carpathian Basin at Verecke Pass. The Nomadic park introduces visitors to authentic yurts (the circular felt tents in which the nomadic Magyars lived in Asia) and the secrets of archery.
TOKAJ - WORDL HERITAGE WINE MUSEUM
The World Heritage Wine Museum is located in Tokaj, about a 2.5-hour drive from Budapest. The building houses an exhibition hall and a museum for the European world heritage wine regions, presenting their history, culture and wines. An old deserted and ruinous beer house has been converted into a museum, where you can explore the only world heritage wine region of Hungary, as well as the specialties of Austrian, French, German, Italian, Portugal and Swiss wine regions. Modern technology makes the exhibitions interactive, more interesting and enjoyable.
