Museum - Tokaj Museum

Tokaj Museum has been operating as a region museum since 1962. The institute serves as the main scientific basis of many conferences held in the area. Its permanent exhibition was opened in 1985 in a renovated building that had been a Greek trading house before. The museum collects relics of regional history, ethnography and fine arts.

Permanent exhibitions

Museum Cellar

In Tokaj it was common to build a cellar under or next to the houses. Under the Museum of Tokaj, according to the region’s traditions, there is a complex system of cellars.

Ecclesiological Exhibition

One of the most spectacular and the most valuable unit of the museum’s permanent exhibition is the ecclesiological exhibition on the first floor. Mr. Béla Béres, a priest from Tokaj offered his 800 pieces collection to his favourite town’s museum in 1981.

Bedroom and Salon

The most beautiful room in the museum is the salon upstairs, which used to be the Greek merchantmen’s dining room and court room too. We are at a historical place where you can see beautifully painted wall pictures.

The Archeological Recollections of Tokaj Castle

The biggest and the most famous castle of Tokaj history is the Rákóczi Castle. It was on an ’island’ in the convergence of River Tisza and Bodrog. The archeological excavation started in 2007, is said to be fantastic.

further exhibitions