The Ráday family developed Pécel into one of the leading cultural centers of Hungary in the 18th century. The family members were different from the nobility in that they supported arts. They actively participated in public life. Many of the members were county or ecclesiastic officers.

The building in Kossuth Street was rebuilt by 1989. It was named after the painter Gaál István who died at a young age. The memorial exhibition of Tóth Menyhért is open in the Gaál Imre Gallery of the Museum of Pesterzsébet where we also hold concerts, literary evenings and lectures.

The reconstruction work of the medieval glassworks in 1989. In the monastery the Benjámin Rajeczky memorial room and the first exhibition of the cistercian order. The library of the town had been functioning in the museum building till 1997. In October 1997 the permanent exhibition entitled "To the memory of Kálmán Csohány".

The dynamically developing town founded its museum at the beginning of the 90's even though collecting of the tradition s of peasant culture had began in the 1970-80.

The Gas Company of Budapest has always held it important to collect and protect the relics and ocuments of the Hungarian gas supply. Most of the appliances were collected in 1971, when they swifted from th euse of town gas to natural gas.

The historic library is found on the second floor of the Abbey building. The first books were brought here by the monks of Heinrichau in the 18th century when they came and founded again the Cistercian Abbey. The number of books swell to 65,000 volumes by 1950 when the State took possession of the library following the dispersal of the monks of the Cistercian Order. Fortunately, the National Library was allotted the task of its upkeep, and this task they have performed and are performing today, while the proprietary rights have reverted to the Cistercians.

The art of Jenő Barcsay (1900-1988) is a concept not only in Szentendre but also in the history of the art of the 20th century in Hungary: he was a representative of constructivism, even so figurative constructivism. He did the mosaics of public buildings, wall textiles. He was the author of Artistic Anatomy used in medical training.