Museum - Kisfaludy Memorial House

The L-shaped mansion-like house was built at the end of the 17th century by the Sándorffy family. It was drifted into the ownership of Kisfaludy family by a marriage betwwen the father of the poet and Julianna Sándorffy.

Sándor Kisfaludy and his wife settled in the house for good in 1800, following the Napoleonic wars. Since they had no descendants, their relatives sold the house to the bishopric of Veszprém. However, in 1944 the house was nationalised. Since 1950 a Kisfaludy Memorial House, since 1990 the Towmn Museum have been functioning here.

During the course of time the building was reconstructed on several occasions.

Permanent exhibitions

Kisfaludy memorial room II.

Kálmán Darnay memorial room

Kálmán Darnay's activity made Sümeg the center of the museological life of Trans-Danubia. Being an iron salesman, he was to be trained on his own. During the course of time his fame brought him up to a position among the registered architects. He also pursued writing activities: he wrote studies, dramas, historical novels and articles forthe local paper.

Pottery in Sümeg

Probably the potter guild was organized by the end of the 18th century. The guild flag seen in the exhibition was made in 1841. The pottery art had its real peak period at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, when about 80-100 masters were working in 50 workshops of the town. The appearence of the enamel utensils led to the decline of the pottery craft. In 1943 there were only 3 potters working in Sümeg.

Kisfaludy memorial room I.

Sándor Kisfaludy was one of the leaders of the language neology movement. Although he spoke several languages, his literary activity served for the protection of his native tongue. At a period when the official language of the state was the German, Kisfaludy wrote his masterworks in Hungarian

further exhibitions