Budapest History Museum

Budapest History Museum was founded in 1887 on the site of the local Roman excavations. The first exhibition was presented by the museum in 1899 in the City Park. Nowadays, almost all exhibits are on display in a building on the southeast wing of the Royal Palace in Buda. There is also a branch of the History Museum of Budapest – the Kishcelli Museum located in Obud. The museum collects memorable moments of the history of the city presented in expositions, handwritten materials, cartographic projections.

The museum is divided into three sections: the history of primitive and ancient times, the Middle Ages and the department of modern and modern history of Budapest. The Department of Primitive History preserves materials found as a result of archaeological work and displays the development of the history of the peoples who lived in Budapest before the arrival of the Hungarians. Items of ceramics, stone sculptures, coins, medals, jewelry and precious stones illustrate in five halls the life of the people, its religion, culture, life and economic life.

The department of the Middle Ages includes more than a thousand monuments of stone carvings, household utensils, ceramic products, which are the most important material. The Department of New History demonstrates the stages of development of Budapest, documentary material.