Museum - Kiskun Museum

The Kiskun Museum was founded in 1902 by Gyula Szalay, the versatile teacher of the local secondary school. In 1912 the growing collection of antiques were placed in the late-baroque Greek house, and it only moved to its present place in 1939.

The baroque building was built in 1753. The main building used to give place for administrations of public affairs, whereas the one in the back served as a dungeon for the prisoners of Kiskun area.

Programmes

Museum evenigs

Our Fine Art Memories

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Permanent exhibitions

Wind mill in Kiskunfélegyháza

The wind mill was built in 1860. Later it was moved to the courtyard of the Kiskun Museum, where it can be seen in its original state as an exhibited object and popular monument. The carved wooden structure and the wooden floor of the mill are especially attractive.

The history of people and ethnic groups in Félegyháza

The oldest relics - of the prehistoric age - have been found near Félegyháza. The area was inhabited in the bronze age and at the time of the Celts as well. Sarmata and Avarian finds were also discovered during excavations. The Kuns were settled in the Kiskunságban by Béla IV. in 1239.

The painters and statues of Morell Mihály

Relics of the Hungarian prison history

The building of the former Kiskun police office

The exhibition is situated in the courtyard of the prisonhouse of the former Kiskun Police Station. Visitors can see the relics and pictures of the torture devices of the 15th-17th centuries. The methods and tools of capital punishment is also demonstrated. In the 17-19th centuries the convicts were emprisoned in work houses and behaviour-correcting institutes.

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