Zenetörténeti Múzeum
The music-history museum in the Buda Castle District, with instruments, master violins and music-history relics, and exhibition tours combined with concerts.
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About the museum
The Zenetörténeti Múzeum (Museum of Music History) operates in Táncsics Mihály utca and is part of the Zenetudományi Intézet (Institute of Musicology) of the HUN-REN Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont (HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities). The museum's task is the research of instrument history (organology), and the collection, processing and publication of Hungarian and European music-history documents: manuscripts, letters, pictures, instruments and estates.
The institution also deals with musical iconographic research, and records and observes the state-owned master instruments. The collection's material is also available in the MúzeumDigitár database.
The exhibition rooms show instruments, a 20th-century violin-making workshop and Hungarian master violins, bows, medals and badges, as well as the Lajtha László memorial room. The museum regularly holds concerts; before most concerts an exhibition tour takes place an hour in advance.
Highlights
- Instruments in Hungary from the second half of the 18th century to the second decade of the 20th century
- A 20th-century violin-making workshop and Hungarian master violins
- Lajtha László memorial room and exhibition
- Workshop of the Sasvári piano room
- Concerts and exhibition tours in the museum
Permanent exhibitions
- Hangszerek Magyarországon a 18. század második felétől a 20. század második évtizedéig – Instruments in Room 4, since 2012.
- Egy 20. századi hegedűkészítő műhely és magyar mesterhegedűk – Violin-making workshop and master violins in Room 8, since 2014.
- Lajtha László emlékszoba és kiállítás – The Lajtha László memorial room in Room 6, since 2013.
- Operated by
- HUN-REN Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Zenetudományi Intézet
Admission & discounts
| Adults | HUF 2,000 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | HUF 1,000students, pensioners and teachers (EU citizens) |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 5 · Free under 6. |
| Seniors | HUF 1,000 |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · People with disabilities and their companions (one person per entitled person) enter free of charge. |
| Students & apprentices | HUF 1,000 |
| Groups | –Guided tour for groups of up to 30 people: in Hungarian HUF 8,000, in English or German HUF 12,000. |
| Families | HUF 2,500Family ticket for two adults and their children. |
| Group guided tour in Hungarian (up to 30 people) | HUF 8,000In addition to admission. |
| Group guided tour in English or German (up to 30 people) | HUF 12,000In addition to admission. |
Free admission: 15 March, 20 August, 23 October; under-26s on the third Saturday of every month (and two close relatives if they accompany a child under 18).
With the Budapest Card a 50% discount applies; admission is free with an ICOM card. Most publicly announced museum concerts can be attended with the day ticket.
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Events & venue rental
Concerts can be organised for groups by prior arrangement in the museum or in the Bartók Room of the institute.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Group guided tours by prior booking (Gombos László, +36 1 214 6770 / 323). Most concerts are preceded by an exhibition tour an hour before. |
