Traditionally, the new temporary exhibition presenting the most important acquisitions of the former year opens on 5 March at the Ethnography Museum Day
The collection of the Ethnographic Museum grew by 523 items in 2011, including photos and objects. The exhibition selects of theses, also showing two nativity play sets. The new acquisitions on display vary greatly. The visitors will find old and new, traditional and modern objects from Europe and outside of Europe.

The Regional Collection consists of, among others, objects that originally arrived to be shown at the Finn- Ugric Congress: clothing from Mar, a complete Bulgarian folk outfit, two chairs from the Pamir Mountain and also textiles from Africa, from the collection Frigyes Fuszek. The Household Collection consists of ceramics from Korond from the collection of Tibor Gyula Lakatos, a pitcher from Gömör and also furniture from Dunakeszi. The museum continued collecting item for its merry-go-round collection. The Textile Collection consists of, among others, wall-hangings, a carpet from Csíkszentkirály, a Matyó table cloths of special size, and a girl from Sweden’s Hungarian cloths. The Ethnology Archives consists of 200 photos by Béla Kása, a sample drawing collection and sample scarves.