Museum - Hungarian Museum for Science, Technology and Transport - Chemistry Museum

The museum is not only unique to our country, but is the only independent chemist museum of Mid-Europe. It was established on the site of a ruined castle in Várpalota. Várpalota has a central role in the Hungarian chemical industry and is easily accessible from Budapest.

Programmes

Museum ceramics class

further programmes

Permanent exhibitions

Chemical laboratory of the 1940-50'ies

On the second floor the visitor will find himself in the laboratoty of the 1950'-ies. We can see the table of famous chemistGéza Zemplén, a gas-jet heated drying wardrobe and a number of other original objects.

The development of the teaching of chemistry and experimental education

The exhibition titled 'The Development of Equipment of Chemical Experiments' opened in April 2004 by the help of books from the Hungarian Chemical Museum. The teacher Kapocsi Margit Katalin, contributor of the Hungarian Chemical Museum, designed the exhibition. Ever since, she has been an active participant in our chemical program.

Portrait gallery of famous Hungarian chemists

In the main stair case of the museum we can see the picture-gallery of those Hungarian scientists and industrial experts, who contributed much to the chemistry instruction and the chemical industry and science.

University historical exhibition

The exhibition was arranged for the 50th anniversary of the Veszprém Chemical Industry University. The exhibition represents the development of the institute established in 1949.

further exhibitions