Gödöllői Királyi Váró
The exhibition in the Neo-Renaissance royal waiting room built in 1882 presents the journeys of Ferenc József and Queen Erzsébet; admission is free.
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About the museum
Traffic began on the Pest–Hatvan railway line in the spring of 1867. In the same year Ferenc József and Queen Erzsébet were given the Gödöllő castle and estate by the Hungarian state on the occasion of their coronation; from then on the royal couple regularly travelled to Gödöllő by train.
The Neo-Renaissance royal waiting room was built in 1882. In 2011 Gödöllő Város Önkormányzata (Gödöllő Town Council) renovated the building with support from the Norway Grants (Norvég Alap), and a museum exhibition venue, a café and a tourist centre were created in it.
In the building of the cultural centre there is an exhibition on transport history and local history in the former princely, royal and queenly waiting rooms. The “Udvari vonatok és királyi várók” (“Court Trains and Royal Waiting Rooms”) exhibition of the Magyar Műszaki és Közlekedési Múzeum (Hungarian Museum of Technology and Transport) presents fifty documents and twenty objects, including a 1:5 scale model of the court steam locomotive of the MÁV, no. 1052, and the 1857 furnishings of the court carriage of the Tiszavidéki Railway. The waiting room of Ferenc József with green silk wallpaper and the waiting room of Queen Erzsébet, covered in pale yellow silk, are linked by the Hercegi Váró (Princely Waiting Room) with burgundy upholstery.
Highlights
- Waiting rooms of Ferenc József and Erzsébet királyné
- Udvari vonatok és királyi várók (Court Trains and Royal Waiting Rooms) exhibition
- Model of the MÁV court steam locomotive no. 1052
- Local history postcards and photographs
Permanent exhibitions
- Udvari vonatok és királyi várók – The exhibition of the Magyar Műszaki és Közlekedési Múzeum with documents and objects on court rail travel.
- Helytörténeti kiállítás – Postcards and photographs of the royal waiting room building and of the life that took place there.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
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