Museum - Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry

The Hungarian oil industrial Museum was established in 1969. Its purpose is to collect and processes the objects and documentations of the history of the Hungarian hydrocarbon industry. In 1993 the Vilmos Zsigmondy collection was also placed here. Since then the relics of water mining have also been exhibite din the halls.

Since 1995 the material and written relics of the petroleum and natural gas transportation are exhibited in the Vecsés factory of the Mol Rt. Currently this collection of our museum can only be visited by the members of the profession.

In Zalaegerszeg, next to the Göcsej Village Museum, visitors can see the technical relics of hydrocarbon industry (mining industry, processing, transportation). In its permanent exhibition rooms visitors can learn about the technological process of the industry and a mineral collection. In the statue park busts of outstanding experts are seen.

Other collections and the memorial room of geologist Dr. Simon Papp are found under 13 Gyula Wlassics street, Zalaegerszeg.

Permanent exhibitions

Steam Turbines and Inductor Generators

Simon Papp memorial room

The memorial room demonstrates a material selected from the heritage of the establisher of the Hungarian hydrocarbon-mining industry - geologist, university teacher and professor Dr. Simon Papp.

Tools of water mining

In the Southwesterly half of the open-air exhibition we can see the major devices and appliances of the Hungarian water mining.

Oil industry statue park

The oil industrial statue park is closely connected to the outdoor exhibition. The bronze statues of eleven significant exports of the Hungarian hydrocarbon industry are exhibited here.

further exhibitions