Óbudai Múzeum

About the museum

The predecessor of the Óbudai Múzeum was established in 1973, on the hundredth anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Óbuda, as the Óbudai Helytörténeti Gyűjtemény (Óbuda Local History Collection). It became independent in 1994, and in 1996 the Művelődési Minisztérium (Ministry of Culture) declared it a museum. The institution is maintained by the district local government; in 2008 it was merged with the Platán Könyvtár (Platán Library).

The permanent urban-history exhibition Óbuda – Egy város három arca (“Óbuda – A City with Three Faces”) presents the settlement’s thousand-year history from the Middle Ages to the change of regime: the medieval royal centre, the era of the Zichy family, the industrialisation after the 1873 unification of the cities, viticulture and the world of small pubs, as well as urban clearances and life on the housing estates. In the underground exhibition Templomok a talpunk alatt (“Churches Under Our Feet”), the remains of medieval Óbuda’s churches can be seen in their original locations.

The museum has collected toys since its foundation. The Játék a városban (“Toys in the City”) exhibition, opened in 2016, is based on this collection and presents, through nearly 1,500 objects, the toys of bourgeois and socialist times from the 1890s to the change of regime. The Goldberger Textilipari Gyűjtemény (Goldberger Textile Industry Collection) on Lajos utca is also maintained by the museum.

Highlights

• Óbuda – Egy város három arca (“Óbuda – A City with Three Faces”): thousand-year urban history exhibition
• Templomok a talpunk alatt (“Churches Under Our Feet”): medieval church remains underground
• Játék a városban (“Toys in the City”): Budapest’s only permanent toy exhibition, with nearly 1,500 objects
• Virtual exhibition: Ki gombolta volna?

Permanent exhibitions

• Óbuda – Egy város három arca – The urban history exhibition presents the settlement’s thousand-year history from the medieval royal centre to the change of regime, in three periods.
• Templomok a talpunk alatt – In the underground exhibition, the remains of medieval Óbuda’s churches can be seen in their original locations.
• Játék a városban – Nearly 1,500 objects evoke the toys of bourgeois and socialist times from the 1890s to the change of regime, including model railways, porcelain dolls, TV Maci and Matchbox cars.

Founded

1973

Operated by

Budapest III. Kerület Óbuda-Békásmegyer Önkormányzata

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Great for kids & families

The permanent exhibition Játék a városban is Budapest’s only permanent toy exhibition, with model railways, construction toys, dolls and board games.

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