The Erkel Ferenc Museum in Gyula is an affiliate of the Békés County Museum Organization. It was established in 1868, and so one of the three oldest museums in Hungary. During its 142-years of existence, the museum acquired a rich selection of museum pieces.

The Wood Carver Gallery is situated in the Castle Garden. It was originally built to store stones but later was reconstructed to hold exhibitions. It opened in 1996 presenting wood carvings, wood artworks and folk sculptures. The gallery holds an unequalled display in the country.

The little village Prügy with its approximately 3000 inhabitants can be found in the Taktaköz 10 km from Szerencs which is the "Gate of Hegyalja" and 20 km from the town of vine and wines, Tokaj. The tourist sight of the village is the Zsigmond Móricz Local Museum being one of the most famous literary cult places in this region which is full of with historical memories of places.

From 1980 the rebuilt museum extended its sphere of activities, and specialized for the collection of material and historical items of the modern age. In the literary history collection there are a number of Mikszáth and Madách relics. By means of the inheritance of Ernő Mihályfi the fine arts collection significantly increased.

The Intercisa Museum collects the archeological, historical and ethnographical materials. These items are shown both on permanent and temporal exhibitions. In the region of the Dunai Vasmű and the town built arond it there had been a Roman settlement and cemetary.

The historic library is found on the second floor of the Abbey building. The first books were brought here by the monks of Heinrichau in the 18th century when they came and founded again the Cistercian Abbey. The number of books swell to 65,000 volumes by 1950 when the State took possession of the library following the dispersal of the monks of the Cistercian Order. Fortunately, the National Library was allotted the task of its upkeep, and this task they have performed and are performing today, while the proprietary rights have reverted to the Cistercians.