Looking through the museum window we can see the beautiful landscape of the plains, which provides the natural setting to the exhibited materials.

Géza Gorka played a pioneering role in the renewal of Hungarian ceramic art. Through his activity Hungarian ceramics rose to an European level and has become known all over the world. The centre of his art is nature. He applied the reminiscences of Hanán (anabaptist handicraftsmens') ceramics. He also experimented with new methods of the 20th century. He followed the most ancient, functional directions of ceramics. He regarded the characteristics of the materials as the most important factor of his work.

Fülesd is a village situated in a region named Erdőhát, in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County with a population of nearly 500. It is about 95 km east of Nyíregyháza and 15 km from the Ukranian-Romanian-Hungarian border.

The Makó Museum was established in 1950, though the idea of founding one was raised as early as at the end of the 19th century. The museum first operated in a citizen house. The collection has been gradually growing since the 1960'ies. Collections of region history, ethnography, literary and fine arts were formed. The original building proved too small for the permanently increasing materials.

The building called the 'Iron Log House' is one of the nicest buildings in Győr. It hosts the Patkó Imre collection of the Xantus János Museum. The house belonged to the chapter of Győr until the end of the 16th century. In 1833, the tradesman Zittrich Mátyás bought it. He put out an iron log under the balcony as the sign similar to those in Vienna.

Our region house represents the enteriour of a middle peasant home in the 1930'ies of Rózsaszentmárton. When arranging the interiour we were aiming at the faithful representation of the objects unique to the region and the settlement itself. Terms written beside the items give us an insight of the dialect used in the region. Visitors can also look at the map of the village and a writing summing up the 800 years of its history.

One of the finest collections of 20'h century Hungarian art is on display in this gallery. Starting with the representatives of Nagybánya school the exhibition includes pieces from artists of the pre-war years, the group called Eight, the representatives of Activism, the Avant-garde of the 20's, artists with social sensitivity, representatives of the 30's; the school of Rome and artists of Szentendre.