It is safe to say that stamp collecting is one of the most widespread hobbies in the world, and is not even as old as we might first think. Unlike most antique and ancient artefacts, the first postage stamp appeared in England only in 1840 as Penny Black. The stamp depicted Queen Victoria of Britain and, unlike today, had no perforated edges, so it had to be cut to size before use. A parallel can already be drawn here with the Herend Porcelain Manufactory, as the beginning of Herend’s international success can also be traced back to Queen Victoria.

Keeping the Balance is a temporary exhibition presenting about sixty works from the Art Collection Telekom. Most of the works are by artists of Eastern European roots.

We can find a rich variety of popular hand craft items in our museum. We can see carved and painted furniture, horse hair jewelries, wrought iron objects, ornamented eggs, falk music instruments and many other outstanding items of the popular arts of past decades.

The permanent exhibition was extended by the heritage of a teacher, the so-called Zana-collection. The most valuable items of the collection are displayed on the exhibition representing the popular arts of Kalotaszeg.

The Romans were the first to produce brick in the territory of Hungary. The name 'tégla' also originates from the Latin word "tegula". The first brick marks were also inherited from the Romans - they stamped the legion number into the still wet product, that is, they draw a circle, a cross or other symbols made up of simple forms. It was a frequent occurrence during the drying of the clay products that house animals ran across them: thus, we also inherited a number of dog and cat footprints from the Roman age on some beautiful pieces.

Among the walls of the Espersit house - by means of contemporary manuscripts, books, photographs and paintings - the visitor may acquaint himself with the everyday life of three prominent artists: Gyula Juhász, Attila József and Ferenc Móra.