Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MUSEUM
GYÖRGY RÁTH MUSEUM
1000/500Ft; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun; M1 Kodály körönd)
An overspill of
Ferenc Hopp Museum
exhibits are shown at the György Ráth Museum, in
an Art Nouveau residence a few minutes' walk southwards down Bajza utca.
MUSEUM
FERENC HOPP MUSEUM OF EAST ASIAN ART
Andrássy út 103; adult/child 1000/500Ft; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun; M1 Bajza utca)
The Ferenc Hopp Museum of East Asian Art is housed in the former villa of its benefactor
and namesake. Founded in 1919, the museum shows temporary exhibitions from its collec-
tion of Chinese and Japanese ceramics, porcelain, textiles and sculpture, Indonesian wayang
puppets and Indian statuary as well as lamaist sculpture and scroll paintings from Tibet.
MUSEUM
ISTVÁN ZELNIK SOUTHEAST ASIAN GOLD MUSEUM
Andrássy út 110; adult/child 3400/1700Ft; 11am-5pm Tue-Sun; M1 Bajza utca)
Inside the reconstructed 19th-century Rausch Villa, you'll find the collection of Dr István
Zelnik, a former diplomat who started his career in Southeast Asia and became a zealous
collector of the art and culture of the region. It's an immaculately presented set of glistering
masks, statues and religious objects. There's a lovely Asian-style garden and teahouse here
too.
MUSEUM
FRANZ LISZT MEMORIAL MUSEUM
adult/child 1300/600Ft; 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat; M1 Vörösmarty utca)
This wonderful little museum is housed in the Old Music Academy, where the great com-
poser lived in a 1st-floor apartment for five years until his death in 1886. The four rooms are
filled with his pianos (including a tiny glass one), portraits and personal effects. Concerts
(included in the entry fee) are usually held here on Saturday at 11am.
