Hajdúsági Múzeum

About the museum

The museum grew out of the Városi Múzeum (Town Museum) of Hajdúböszörmény. The school headmaster H. Fekete Péter began collecting local historical objects as a private collector in 1924; the town’s first collection, in the Reformed grammar school, consisted mainly of coins and a few historical, ethnographic and archaeological pieces. On 29 April 1928 the town council officially founded the museum, provided it with space in the former district headquarters, and appointed Fekete Péter as its director.

The first exhibition, the I. Hajdúhét (First Hajdú Week), opened in three rooms in September 1937. During the Second World War the museum suffered considerable damage; operations restarted in 1946. In 1949 it was declared a public collection, in 1950 the grammar school’s collection was merged into it, and in 1951 it was nationalised; it continued to operate as the Hajdúsági Múzeum with a collecting remit covering the whole territory of the former Hajdú District. The first permanent exhibition opened in six rooms.

The collection preserves archaeological finds (including Sarmatian-period vessels), historical documents, numismatic material, folk embroidered costumes, memorabilia of the Revolution of 1848–49 and objects linked to local crafts. The museum is housed in the former Hajdúkerületi székház (Hajdú District headquarters).

Highlights

• The history of the Hajdúság and the hajdús in the permanent exhibition
• Böszörményi kincsek (Böszörmény treasures) and archaeological finds
• Ethnographic collection with embroidered costumes
• English-language guided tour of the permanent exhibition in fourteen rooms
• Káplár Miklós Emlékház (Káplár Miklós Memorial House) with guided tour

Permanent exhibitions

• A fegyverforgató Hajdúság – The military past of the hajdús and the history of the Hajdúság.
• Böszörményi kincsek – An exhibition selected from the archaeological and historical treasures of the museum.
• Gazdálkodás – Memories of farming and animal husbandry in the Hajdúság.

Founded

1928

Director

Szekeres Gyula

Admission & discounts

Prices valid from 1 February 2026. Temporary exhibitions are free. The permanent exhibition is free for teachers, children under 6, people over 70, group escorts and people with disabilities; holders of the Hungary Card or the Hajdúböszörményi Városkártya pay half the adult ticket price.

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Kids & families

Museum education sessions for kindergarten and school groups.

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