Museum - Hungarian Geographical Museum

The main task of the museum is to search for and exhibit relics and manuscripts connected to geography and Hungarian travellere. Besides our well organized guide services we place an emphasis on our relationship with primary and secondary schools. We often hold museum programmes and activites.

Permanent exhibitions

Hungarian travellers and discoverers

Our exhibition opened in 1983. It can be separated to six different units. The history of the Hungarian Geographic Association is displayed in one of them. Among the travelers of the 13-14th century the journey of Frater Julianus in 1235, Móric Benyovszky Asian, American, and journeys in Madagascar are presented. The memoires of János Sajnovics and Miksa Hell travel to Lapland in 1768-69 and the deeds of the Hungarian missionaries in South America are represented.

The discoverers of the Carpathian Basin

The exhibition opened in 1988 honors the Hungarian scientists who took part in the researches in connection with Hungary beside the scientific discoveries of our country. The material of the show does not only come from the present area of Hungary since our past is connected to the whole Carpathian Basin.

Local and Sports History Exhibition

The building hosting the local- and sport history exhibitions

The brand new exhibition at the Hungarian Geographical Museum is the "Local and Sports History Exhibition". The showing deals with the history of the town from the Neolithic to the 20th century through archaeological, ethnographical and local history related finds and objects

further exhibitions