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Budapest Gallery Exhibition Hall (Budapest)
The building at 159 Lajos Street was documented as a Bear House at the beginning of the 18th century. It was rebuilt as a dwelling house at the end of the century and attachments were built to it in the 19th century. This building is the Exhibition House of the Budapest Gallery today where contemporary exhibition s are held regularly, as well as the exhibition of the sculptor Pátzay Pál and the Varga Imre Collection. 
Budapest Gallery Varga Imre Permanent Exhibition (Budapest)
Imre Varga (Siófok, 1923) graduated at the Military Academy in aeronautics. In WWII, he served as an air officer. He returned to Hungary from captivity 1945. He met Pál Pátyai, sculpture, by accident after which he applied for the Collage of Fine Arts. He attended the first Hungarian Exhibition of Fine Arts with his statue titled 'Iron Worker' when he still attended collage.
Budapest History Museum (Budapest)
Thanks to her growing sense of nationhood and her developing middle class, during the course of the nineteenth century Hungary saw the creation of several museums. First among these new institutions was the National Museum. A museum dedicated solely to the history of Budapest came into existence only toward the end of the last century. Its core collection consisted of finds from the building sites, from archaeological excavations, and earlier collections which help shed light on of Budapest's history.
Budapest History Museum - Bath Museum (Budapest)
The public baths of the legionary fortress, the Thermae Maiores, were discovered during the first excavations in Aquincum in 1778 when one of the bath's halls came to light. István Schönvisner, the director of these investigations, published his results in the same year under the title "De Ruderibus Caldariique Romani". Soon after its recovery, this section of the baths was displayed to the public in a special protective construction.
Budapest History Museum - Museum of Aquincum (Budapest)
The first excavation in Hungary can also be connected to Aquincum : at the end of the 18th century at the time of the reign of Mary Teresa István Schönvisner University teacher found the sauna of the military bath on Óbuda. The excavations started in 1881 and they still last today. First the amphitheatre was excavated and then the center of the old civic town. The Museum of Aquincum was founded to show the findings in 1894.
Budapest Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
The millenary session of the Hungarian Parliament in 1896 passed a law whereby art collections previously held in different institutions were to be unified and placed in the newly-established Museum of Fine Arts. On the basis of a competitive tender, Albert Schickendanz and Fülöp Herzog were commissioned to design and construct the building, which opened in 1906.
Butterfly Museum Foundation, Újpest (Budapest)
Our collection represents several thousands of butterflies (several hundreds of species) in their regional divisions. The fauna of the Carpathian Basin and Hungary is represented in a way endeavoring for completion. The collection is the 40-year old work of György Juhász (besides the local tours he also took a number of exotic expedition journeys).
Castlemuseum Nagytétény (Budapest)
One of the outstanding baroque buildings of Hungary is the Száraz-Rudnyánszky mansion, which bears the characteristics of the Grassalkovich type mansion houses. The building is divided by columns, pillars and chambers formed according to the demands of the age for rich light-shade effects.
Collection of Local History of Ferencváros (Budapest)
We did not forget to document present events since the 1990's brought success to the district. The Lágymányos Bridge eased traffic between Pest and Buda, the Centre Market Hall helped in bettering life of people living in the district. With the new National Theatre, Ferencváros was given a new very important institution. Documenting the development of the district, fulfilling objectives is not easy but it is important to do so to help the future generations. We hope the institution will be given a museum rank soon and all those who wish to be informed on the history of the district will come and see to us.
Collection of Veterinary History (Budapest)
The Collection of Veterinary History, established in 1980, belongs to the Veterinary Science Library, Szent István University. An organized file of relics of veterinary history was first established in 1937 and had its place in the central building. The storm of World War II. made a lot of damage to it, and spread a significant part of the fine collection. The permanent exhibition which can be seen today was opened in September 1984 in the modern building H of the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
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