2024. April 23. Tuesday
Neogrády László Region Historical Collection - Budapest
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Address: 1043, Budapest Berda József utca 48.
Phone number: (1) 370-0652
E-mail: helytorteneti@ujkk.hu
Opening hours: Temporarily closed.
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In 1955 a little group of students - under the leadership of teacher László Neogrády - began to collect relics of local history in Újpest. The devoted company at first collected materials from their friends and relatives. At this time the collection was only large enough to be used for presentations and school activities.
The real work started in 1957. From this date on the task of László Nógrády was "merely" to keep and file the items and documents collected.
As the collection work grew out of the frames of a school activity, the local Council in 1969 provided an empty shop building for the items to be stored, but in 1972 the collection had to be moved into one of the classrooms of the school at Venetiáner street.
From the beginning of the 1970's remarkable changes took place in the feature of Újpest. Many private houses were done away with, and housing estates were elevated instead. The inhabitants were constrained to move, and often they could not carry all their belongings with themselves. This was, as it were, the Renaissance of the local history collection work.
Within the next ten years the full documents of a local earl's office of property sales were found, together with some books hidden here during the Second World War. We also managed to obtain our first Mayer, Dr Gyula Ugró's inheritance at this time period.
Finally in 1977 the Ministry of Culture and Education issued an official operational permit for the collection, but even this could not end the story of wandering from place to place. In 1982 the collection found home in a first floor room and two other storerooms of a house in a housing estate. As the visitor's book proves, even these bitter circumstances could not dismay the company loyally gathering around the collection.
László Neogrády, freeman of our town, retired in 1996, and from that time on the collection was directed by the writer of these lines.
We have taken active part in some important events ever since. We celebrated the 200th birthday of István Károlyi, the establisher of our town, together with the 90th anniversary of our settlement becoming a town, by erecting a sculpture, holding an exhibition and arranging a conference. We also remembered some aspects of the 1948-49 revolution.
Not only do we take part in important events, but we have contributed to the recording of two video films and the publishing of a book by means of our photographs.
By February 1999 we renovated a building of 200 square meters (exhibition room, stores and study room) by means of the local council's support and an amount obtained through proposals.
On 29th August we opened a permanent exhibition presenting the history of Újpest from the beginning up to 1950. The filing of events after 1950 would be ever so difficult because of lack of workers and a fast growing number of collection items. We so eagerly wait for the enforcement of the supplementary regulations of the musologic law, so that these materials can also be prepared soon.
The real work started in 1957. From this date on the task of László Nógrády was "merely" to keep and file the items and documents collected.
As the collection work grew out of the frames of a school activity, the local Council in 1969 provided an empty shop building for the items to be stored, but in 1972 the collection had to be moved into one of the classrooms of the school at Venetiáner street.
From the beginning of the 1970's remarkable changes took place in the feature of Újpest. Many private houses were done away with, and housing estates were elevated instead. The inhabitants were constrained to move, and often they could not carry all their belongings with themselves. This was, as it were, the Renaissance of the local history collection work.
Within the next ten years the full documents of a local earl's office of property sales were found, together with some books hidden here during the Second World War. We also managed to obtain our first Mayer, Dr Gyula Ugró's inheritance at this time period.
Finally in 1977 the Ministry of Culture and Education issued an official operational permit for the collection, but even this could not end the story of wandering from place to place. In 1982 the collection found home in a first floor room and two other storerooms of a house in a housing estate. As the visitor's book proves, even these bitter circumstances could not dismay the company loyally gathering around the collection.
László Neogrády, freeman of our town, retired in 1996, and from that time on the collection was directed by the writer of these lines.
We have taken active part in some important events ever since. We celebrated the 200th birthday of István Károlyi, the establisher of our town, together with the 90th anniversary of our settlement becoming a town, by erecting a sculpture, holding an exhibition and arranging a conference. We also remembered some aspects of the 1948-49 revolution.
Not only do we take part in important events, but we have contributed to the recording of two video films and the publishing of a book by means of our photographs.
By February 1999 we renovated a building of 200 square meters (exhibition room, stores and study room) by means of the local council's support and an amount obtained through proposals.
On 29th August we opened a permanent exhibition presenting the history of Újpest from the beginning up to 1950. The filing of events after 1950 would be ever so difficult because of lack of workers and a fast growing number of collection items. We so eagerly wait for the enforcement of the supplementary regulations of the musologic law, so that these materials can also be prepared soon.
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