From February 2017, the Hungarian National Museum and the internationally well-known Semmelweis Museum, Library and Archives (SOMKL) have been operating as partner institutions. The Semmelweis Museum still has the status of a national museum and is directed by Benedek Varga, director general of the Hungarian National Museum. The Semmelweis Medical History Library and Archives is directed by dr. Elizabeth Kótyuk and dr. László Magyar helps her work. The Semmelweis Medical History Museum, Library and Archives became the inevitable institution of Hungarian museology and European medicine history in the past decade. Based on the quality and size of its collection, the museum's travelling exhibitions, the performances of its museologists and the museum activities, the institution received awards such as the Museum of the Year Award, the Museum Pedagogical Programme of the Year, the Millennium Prize. Also, the Semmelweis Doctrine had been submitted by the institution and was included in the UNESCO’s „Memory of the World” programme.
Opening hours
1st May – 31th October
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00-18:00
1 November – 29th February
Tuesday - Friday: 10:00-16:00
Weekends and holidays: 10:00-18:00
Closed on
Monday