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Gárdonyi Géza Emlékház

Former Eger home of Gárdonyi Géza, with its original furniture, library and cipher notes.

Opening hoursAdmission HUF 1,600

About the museum

The Emlékház is housed in the writer’s former home, where Gárdonyi Géza lived from 1897 to 1922. The writer, poet, playwright and journalist moved to Eger at the end of the 19th century and within a few years created a welcoming home for himself. Together with his mother he bought the dilapidated house, had it carefully rebuilt, and turned the garden into a shady grove in which he planted some protected plants and trees himself.

Almost all of the furniture in the house has remained in its original place, and the walls of the rooms keep their original colours and patterns. On show are the writer’s carved writing desk and bookcase, the study and the bedroom, a library of nearly ten thousand volumes, handwritten entries, paintings and cipher notes. He had a window cut above his desk so that light would fall on the text he was working on.

Gárdonyi wrote several of his novels here, including Egri csillagok (Stars of Eger), completed in 1901, which tells of the struggles against the Ottomans in the 16th century. A special item in the study is the pipe cabinet (pipatórium), where the writer kept his pipes and the tobacco he received from friends. The museum is a branch of the Dobó István Vármúzeum (Dobó István Castle Museum).

Highlights

The writer’s original furniture and study
Library of nearly ten thousand volumes with handwritten entries
Cipher notes
Pipe cabinet with the writer’s pipes and tobacco
Trees planted by the writer in the shady garden

Permanent exhibition

Gárdonyi Géza Emlékház – The writer’s former home, with original furniture, library and personal objects.

Founded: 1952
Operated by: Dobó István Vármúzeum

Admission & discounts

Adults	HUF 1,600
Reduced	HUF 800Students aged 6–26 and pensioners aged 62–70
Children & teens	HUF 800free up to age 5 · Free admission under six.
Seniors	HUF 800Ages 62–70.
Visitors with disabilities	freecompanion free · People with disabilities and one companion enter free of charge.
Students & apprentices	HUF 800Ages 6–26.
Families	HUF 2,800Family admission per person: at least one child under 18 and up to two adults; the ticket is valid at all venues of the Dobó István Vármúzeum.
Dobó István Vármúzeum admission ticket, adult (Eger Castle, Gárdonyi Géza Emlékház, Ziffer Sándor Galéria, Lenkey House)	HUF 4,800Students and pensioners HUF 2,800.
Separate guided tour in Hungarian for groups	HUF 15,000In addition to the admission tickets; in English or Slovak HUF 20,000.

The site ticket is valid for one venue only: the Gárdonyi Géza Emlékház, the Ziffer Sándor Galéria or the Lenkey House, which is open at weekends. Those entitled to free admission include teachers, tour guides and press staff.