The Memorial Museum of Csesztve is the only memorial place established for Madách. The writer of the Tragedy of man lived in the mansion house of the Nógrádian village between 1844 and 1853. A good number of his poems, letters and confessions were written from Csesztve. He spent the first happy years of his married life here after 1845. He took active part in the political life of the county in the last years of the reform era and in the war for independence in 1848/49

The basilica, the building of which was started by king Stephen, had been the most important and sanctified place of the medieval Hungarian government, right up to the Ottoman occupation (1543). Fifteen Hungarian kings had been crowned here (with King Stephan among them), and the crown, the royal treasury and archive were also kept here.

In 1990 the Komló Collection of Natural Sciences was founded, whereas the collection of regional history further operated under the name of Regional Town Museum. Following the change of regime both museums were placed in the Main Square of the town. A new collection of natural sciences was opened in 1997 under the title of The Natural Environment of Mecsek.

The foundation of the Kossuth Village Museum was preceded by collecting works lasting for two decades that began in the scope of the 'Home Knowledge Study Group'. Later the parents and grandparent got involved aw well. The conditions of the foundation of the museum were provided by the local self-government. We can learn of the past, traditions, folk clothing, and lifestyle of the village Kóka beside its tradition preserving work.

In 1961, six smoky-kitchen house still existed in Dózsa György street. Today, after these were taken down, beautiful mansions stand there. The last owner of the old type of house moved out in 1971. The unoccupied house was about to decay completely. Fortunately, it was bought by the National Nature and Environment Protection Bureau and reconstructed it. In the summer of 1978, when the reconstruction works were almost done, the citizens of the village set a good example.

Karacs Ferenc born in Ladány (1770-1838) was a popular map illustrator and engraver in Budapest. The collection named after him began as a school museum in 1959 organized by Mrs Rettegi István. On 1 October 1978 the museum was officially renamed Karacs Ferenc Museum.

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.