Köztisztasági Múzeum
A collection unique in the country on the history of street cleaning in the capital: sixteen old machines for watering, sweeping and waste collection.
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About the museum
The Köztisztasági Múzeum is unique in the country in its themes and material. It was established with the intention of preserving the old special-purpose machines owned by the company and commemorating the history of the company and of the street-cleaning sector.
The museum preserves sixteen different special-purpose machines: watering and washing machines, sweepers, waste collection vehicles, salt spreaders and ploughing machines from the end of the 1800s to the end of the 20th century; visitors can sit in most of them. The exhibition also deals with the complex history of municipal street cleaning in the capital, using photographs, documents and other objects.
Visitors learn how the modernising urban lifestyle and industrial development affected the composition of waste and regular rubbish collection, and how the appearance of the automobile and of hard road surfaces changed street-cleaning machinery and the spread of litter bins. The exhibition also presents the history of the company and of its predecessor, the Köztisztasági Hivatal (Street Cleaning Office), from its foundation to the present day. An important piece is the 1920s Rába water-tank watering lorry, borrowed from the collection of the Közlekedési Múzeum (Museum of Transport).
Highlights
- Sixteen street-cleaning machines from the end of the 1800s
- Visitors can sit in most of the machines
- 1920s Rába water-tank watering lorry
- History of the capital's street cleaning in photographs and documents
- History of the Köztisztasági Hivatal
Permanent exhibition
- A tiszta város eszközei – Célgépek a köztisztasági szektor történetéből – The exhibition presents sixteen old street-cleaning machines and the history of municipal street cleaning in the capital through photographs, documents and objects.
- Operated by
- Budapesti Közművek Nonprofit Zrt. (FKF)
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Hands-on stations
Visitors can sit in most of the machines.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits by prior registration at edukacio@budapestikozmuvek.hu. |
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