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The coronation mantle

One of the most valuable pieces of our Museum is the ceremonial robe once worn by Hungarian kings at their coronations. According to the Latin inscription on the garment, it had been donated to the Basilica of Székesfehérvár by our fist king Saint Stephen I and his wife Giselle in 1031.

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Between East and West

History of the peoples living in the Hungarian lands from 400.000 BC - 804 AD

Get to know relics from earlier millennia! Our archaeological exhibition presents to the visitor the history of the peoples of Hungary from earliest times up to the Avar age.

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The History of Hungary, Part One

From the foundation of the state until 1703 – Middle Ages

In the first half of our historical exhibition, visitors can follow the main events of Hungarian history in the medieval period, by way of outstanding artefacts from the time. 

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The History of Hungary, Part Two

From 1703 until 1990 – the Modern Age and Recent Times

In this part of the exhibition, we present the leading personalities and key events in Hungary’s history during the modern era and subsequently.

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Roman Lapidary

These stone relics supplement our historical and art historical knowledge relating to the Roman province of Pannonia, in a period from which few data from other sources have survived.

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The Seuso treasure – The Splendour of Roman Pannonia

The 4th-century final golden age and rich cultural legacy of the Roman Empire is largely due to its wealthy, educated elite. Its members preserved and passed on the heritage of the classical Graeco-Roman culture and they also commissioned patrons luxury articles made at a high artistic quality. Besides its artistic value, as a treasure find it is the most significant hoard of silver objects of late Antiquity.

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Széchényi Hall

The Hall named after Count Ferenc Széchényi, who founded the Hungarian National Museum in 1802, was established on the initiative of Mrs. Jánosné Bohus Antónia Szőgyén in 1859, who appealed to Hungarian women to raise funds for the construction of an auditorium in memory of Ferenc Széchényi. The 27,579 forints collected through the county and city committees of lady patriots were handed over to Director Ferenc Kubinyi for the construction of a representative hall cherishing the memory of Ferenc Széchényi.

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OPEN REPOSITORY

Glass, porcelain and ceramic objects of the Modern Department, as well as a smaller unit containing pharmacy jars, can be seen in the repository, which is open to the public, on the lower level.  The hall bears the name of Ágoston Kubinyi, the former scholarly director of the museum (1843–1869). Its ground floor furniture was made in the 1860s at the same time as the Széchényi Hall, and the upstairs part in 1907.