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BUDAPEST MUSEUMS

Budapest Museums - Budapest has over sixty museums. They range from the conventional to more specialized museums. Most museums are closed on Mondays. Admission fees are reasonable, and some museums are free. Some of the museums in Budapest are quite small and take little time to look through. Others are huge and warrant a full day’s visit. With the quantity and range of museums in Budapest, there is something to satisfy everyone’s tastes.

 
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Aquincum Museum and Roman Ruins
Szentendrei út 139
Telephone - + 36 1 2501-650
Hours: From 1 May to 30 September 10 am to 6pm and it closes a bit earlier at other times of the year - check between October and May for opening hours. Two thousand year old ruins that are the remains of the Roman town of Aquincum. Includes murals, mosaic floors and a reconstructed water organ.

Castle Museum
Szent György tér 2
Telephone - +36 1 224 3700
Hours: 10 am to 6 pm, closed Tuesdays. The main collection of Budapest’s archæological finds. Includes part of the mediæval Royal Palace of Buda, as well as everyday objects.

Military History Museum
Tóth Árpád sétány 40
Telephone - +36 1 356 9522
A collection of historical weaponry stretching back from before the Turkish wars to the twentieth century.

Museum of Fine Arts
Hősök tere
Telephone - +36 1 1429 759
Hours: 10 am to 6pm. Closed Mondays.
A gallery of non-Hungarian works of art from early times right up to the present day. Egyptian, Roman and Greek exhibits as well as a collection of Italian art.

Jewish Museum
Dohány u. 2
Telephone - +36 1 342 8949
A range of exhibits covering many aspects of Judaism next to the Dohány utca Synagogue. There is a section detailing the history of the Holocaust in Hungary.

MEO Contemporary Art Collection
József Attila u. 4-6
Telephone - +36 272 0876
Exhibits of the work of today’s Hungarian artists.

 
 
 
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