Museum - Kossuth Cinema Gallery

The Kossuth Cinema Gallery of Mohács welcomes visitors to its exhibition of the ethnography and history of the settlement.

Visitors can look at the traditonal costume of the town, and they will get to know more about the legend around the chasing out of the Turks. The works of renowned popular artists will lead us into the world of the conventional black ceramics of Mohács. The collection also contains fine arts items such as oil paintings, graphics and the works of the painter of Mohács - Mihály Kolbe.

Organizers of the exhibition are: Rózsa Begovácz ethnographer and leader of the Ethnography Department of the Baranya County; Mrs. Lantosné dr. Mária Imre ethnographer and museologist, worker of the Baranya County Museum; Péter Köveskuti, assistant director of the Bartók Béla Cultural Center.

Permanent exhibitions

Black ceramics in Mohács

The popular pottery of Mohács had first of all become famous within Hungary because of its special black ceramics. During the 18-19th centuries black pot-makers had worked here together with the local potters, oven-makers and argillaceous smoking pipe makers. In 1718 they formed a guild organisation together, but from 1803 the black pot-makers were working in their independent guild.

Popular costumes of Mohács

Mohács is the most Southern Hungarian town by the side of the Danube. It had been inhabited before the Hungarian conquest. After the Hungarian settlement it was known for centuries as a fishing village.

Painter of Mohács: Mihály Kolbe

Mihály Kolbe was born on 9th August 1907, Légrád. He began to deal with fine arts in the circle of Vilmos Aba Novák and Károly Patkó. Between 1925 and 1931 he studied at the Fine Arts Academy. As a student of Oszkár Glatz he went on a study trip to Italy in 1926 and Paris in 1931. Later he moved to Mohács. In 1933 he obtained the MArcell Nemes itinerary scholarship and went to Italy for three months.

Traditional masks of Mohács

The dress used for the custom was just the same as it is today: short fur coat worn with the fury side out, straw stuffed trousers, wool stockings and sandals. The coat was joined to them by the belt or cattle cord, whereupon the cattle bell was hung. And most importantly, the sheep skin mask made an inevitable part of their dress.

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