2024/07/01
Actualities
The Museum of Ethnography’s grandiose permanent exhibition is currently being mounted
2024/04/26
Actualities
The Museum of Ethnography’s new permanent exhibition, currently being mounted, will present a greater part of the institution’s collection than ever before. The exhibition space with a floor area of more than three thousand square metres can be visited from September with nearly three thousand artefacts on display. The Museum of Ethnography’s new, modern building, constructed in the City Park within the framework of the Liget Budapest project and meeting the professional and visitor needs of the 21st-century, has attracted more than half a million visitors since its opening in 2022.
Installing the new permanent exhibition, organised from the institution’s Hungarian and international ethnographic holdings, affects the public service areas too, which is why the museum will be closed from the end of June until early autumn, when it will welcome visitors again with its new exhibition and renewed spaces.
The Museum of Ethnography’s new permanent exhibition of its collection will present the institution’s Hungarian and international material on an area that is three times the size of what was available at its old venue on Kossuth Square. The large-scale show, divided into eight thematic units, will focus on historically changing perspectives. Visitors will, therefore, not only be told one story but will be able to explore Hungarian traditions and the cultures of other peoples through a number of themes. The wide-reaching presentation will comprise the stories of the artefacts, the fieldwork carried out by experts, the museum’s history and folk art, while the public can also learn about the relationship between art and ethnography, the research of prehistoric times and the concept of heritage.
Visitors will not only see new colours and materials in the rearranged, grandiose spaces but also spectacular installations and artefacts linked to the new exhibition popping up at various points of the building. To implement all this, the museum will be closed for a brief period, from late June to September. During the installation works, the building’s popular roof garden, its conference hall and restaurant will operate as usual. The Museum of Ethnography’s exhibitions, as well as its museum education and professional projects will be held at festivals and organised as part of the Petőfi Cultural Programme at numerous venues across Hungary and in cities abroad.
