Samu Géza Múzeum

About the museum

Samu Géza (1947–1989), sculptor and laureate of the Munkácsy Mihály Prize, was a significant creator of 20th-century Hungarian sculpture. He worked mainly in wood, but also in iron, stone and bone, and used plant seeds and bird feathers in his works. His friendship with the sculptor Kígyós Sándor, who worked in the town, tied him to Pécsvárad.

After his death at only 42, his wife donated his estate, most of his sculptures, to Pécsvárad; they were placed on permanent display in the renovated building of the former school. The Catholic school, built in 1823 beside the parish, operated as a school until the mid-1990s.

Since 2000 the museum has been open; on the ground floor there is a school-history exhibition. A classroom set up in the former teacher's residence evokes everyday school life in the 1930s, with old benches, equipment and textbooks.

Highlights

• Samu Géza's sculptures in the upper-floor permanent exhibition
• School-history exhibition with a 1930s classroom
• The former Catholic school, built in 1823

Permanent exhibitions

• Samu Géza állandó kiállítás – Most of the estate of the sculptor Samu Géza, on the upper floor.
• Iskolatörténeti kiállítás – A classroom from the 1930s set up in the former teacher's residence.

Founded

2000

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