The palatine József found his family residence in Alcsút in the second half of the 19th century. In the last few days of WWII, the castle was burned out and completely destroyed afterwards.

After it was completely taken down, the debris was collected and a pile of it was formed behind the facade. Slowly nature took over the pile. In 1985, the restorer János Papp began a research work at the area. Through the years, he and his students worked with their whole heart to clean the porcelain, glass, crystal and metal pieces.

Several pictures were taken of the castle in the 19-20th centuries. These are kept in the Hungarian National Museum and the National Monument Protection Office. János Papp identified the pieces. Then they compared them to the photos of Frecskai Zoltán and Klösz György. Most of the furniture was also destroyed, only the mountings were preserved. Identifying these, the restorers slowly recovered the treasures of the palace. The National Széchenyi Library collected the material of the archives. We display these objects at our exhibition while we can read letters written by members of the Habsburg family.