Varga Mátyás Színháztörténeti Kiállítóház

The exhibition venue of the Móra Ferenc Múzeum in Szeged, presenting the life’s work of the stage designer, painter and applied artist Varga Mátyás, by prior booking.

Opening hours unknownAdmission HUF 1,690

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About the museum

Varga Mátyás (1910–2002) was an outstanding stage designer of Hungarian theatre art: he designed for the stages of the national theatres of Budapest, Szeged and Kolozsvár alike, as well as for films and open-air performances. From 1936 he also designed the sets of the Szegedi Szabadtéri Játékok (Szeged Open-Air Festival), and for a long time he remained a defining figure in the artistic direction of the festival. Around the age of sixty he also began to make ceramics. He was a Kossuth Prize laureate and an honorary citizen of Szeged.

The Varga Mátyás Színháztörténeti Kiállítóház (Varga Mátyás Theatre History Exhibition House) opened on 1 August 1987. The collection created by the artist and donated to the city of Szeged gives a comprehensive picture of his life’s work and of 20th-century Hungarian theatre history. The collection can be used for research with a research permit.

Highlights

Collection of Varga Mátyás’s stage designs
Theatre history material from the 20th century
Ceramics and graphic works by the artist

Permanent exhibition

Varga Mátyás életműve – The exhibition house presents Varga Mátyás’s stage designs, graphic works and ceramics, and offers insight into 20th-century Hungarian theatre history.

Founded: 1987

Admission & discounts

Adults	HUF 1,690
Reduced	HUF 990ages 6–26 with a valid student card, ages 62–70 with a valid pensioner card
Families	HUF 4,290Two parents and two children under 18; each additional child +HUF 700.
Reduced admission (service charge only)	HUF 500

Admission tickets can be purchased at the Móra Ferenc Múzeum. Under government decree 194/2000 (XI. 24.), visitors entitled to free admission also pay only the service charge.