The collection plays a dual role. Firstly, information is given to the visitors on the peaceful use of nuclear energy by a permanent exhibition. Secondly, the remembrances of the commissioning and operation period of Paks Nuclear Power Plant and other written and objective documents are collected and displayed, which are in connection with the application of nuclear energy in Hungary.

In the 1960's Ferenc Bours organized a 'Wine Museum' of his own collection of bottled drinks. He became interested in lamps while searching for the proper lighting of the museum. He became so much interested in the beautiful pieces that without noticing it he started to collect them. He bought the objects displayed with his own money with a few exception. There were days when he purchased 20-25 of them. Most of the objects were dirty and rusty, some even lacking parts. Thus after learning the trade of restoration he repaired them all. Presently there are 1000-1100 pieces are displayed in the sole Lamp Museum of the country. The institution was even listed in the Guinness Records.

The stove-setter Antal Fruhmann (1908-1987) of Győr left his house and workshop in his will to the Xántus János Museum. A new exhibition pavilion was set up on the estate where the stove collection of the museum is shown. The workshop is shown as it is while the house is the home of the exhibition presenting the history of stove-setting in the town of Győr. The set of three exhibitions is an unparalleled collection of stove-setting in Hungary.

The main idea was to present the village that was excavated. The objects mirror the every day life of the villages in the Árpád era. Every house, furnace etc. are in their original size made following the structure and proportions of the findings. The material employed was those that were used in the era of Árpád.

The giant castle of Visegrád was built during the 1250-1260's after the Tartar invasion. The castle has two main parts, the lower castle and the citadel. These two are connected by walls closing down the valley. The walls go all the way down to the Danube.

The question of founding a museum in Berettyóújfalu surfaced first in the end of the 1950's. It was the idea of teachers and tutors. Following the work of Mrs. Sándor the museum opened on 20th August, 1960 in 7 Bihari Street. It was called the Ethnographic House.