From April 17th to May 4th , the visitors of the Karolyi Kastély will have the possibility to visit a temporary rabbit and hare exhibition!

The collection, which is an individual initiative of Mrs. and Mr. Gerstein, who is a member of the Conseil International de la Chasse (CIC), showing the diversity of hare and rabbit illustrations worldwide, has been exhibited throughout Germany, among them the Jagdschloss (Hunting Castle) Springe and the Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum (German Hunting and Fishing Museum) in Munich. Rabbits and hares made of porcelain and bronze, painted on plates and ties, and a whole showcase dedicated to Albrecht Dürer’s famous Young Hare can be admired. One particularly interesting piece is a bowl recuperated from a Chinese ship which sank about 200 years ago and was lifted with all its wares intact in 2000.

After having been presented by Count Joseph Karolyi in the Palarikovo castle, which is the birth place of the CIC, from November to April 2015 at the occasion of the two-day conference of the “CIC Young Opinion Working Group”, the Joseph Karolyi Foundation welcomes it in the Fehérvarcsurgo Karolyi Kastély.

The exhibition should raise awareness on the importance of the diversity of wildlife, while at the same time attention must be paid to the strong population decline of some species.