The first museum of the outskirts of Budapest was founded in 1951. The first collection was based on the material of natural sciences and biology from the science lab saved by teachers under WWII. Later five locals continued collecting while they slowly began to focus on memories of local history. This is how the science lab turned into a museum of local history.

The House of Terror Museum, which opens on February 24th , 2002 at 5PM and is unique in its genre, wishes to erect a monument to the memory of those of our compatriots who were held captive, tortured and killed in this building, but apart from presenting the horrors in a digestible manner, it also wishes to make people understand that the sacrifice for freedom was not made in vain. From the fight against the two cruellest systems of the 20th century eventually the forces of freedom and independence came out victoriously.

Frigyes Korányi's house of birth is situated in Nagykálló. Frigyes Korányi was a great figure of Hungarian medicine. He spent 37 years in Nagykálló, in his childhood and during exile.

The Lajos Vajda Memorial Museum opened in 1996 in the house with porch looking at a beautiful landscape. Its two permanent exhibitions are selections of the works of the Hungarian artists of the 20th century. The material presenting the oeuvre of Lajos Vajda is located upstairs. On the lower level the artist of the European School from Szentendre are shown.

The royal Deed of foundation of the Geological Institute was registered in 1869. The institution was established through the support of the third geological company in the world - the Hungarian Geological Society. The purpose of the instittute was examine the minerals of the country for the benefit of the government, economy and science. The building of the institute was designed by the renowned architect, Ödön Lechner in the style of the Hungarian secession.

The buildings preserved the messages of different periods. The objects displayed there are even more interesting if we know that the monks who live in the monastery presently still use them. The buildings of the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its surroundings were listed among the World Heritage in 1996.

The idea of founding a stamp museum arose in the 1920's in the leaders of the Hungarian Post Office. The idea to let the audience see the collections of the philatelists came true ten years later. As the result of careful preparatory works, the Stamp Museum of the Hungarian Royal Post opened on 28, April, 1930 on the upper floor of the Post Palace under the address of 12, Krisztina Boulevard.