The Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest, dating back to 1802, houses the largest natural history collections of Hungary and the region.
Ludovika Academy, Budapest, the present site of the museum
The main entrance to the exhibitions on Ludovika Square
Botanical collections are still housed in this historical building on Könyves Kálmán Street, but are not open for visitors
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The Hungarian National Museum was founded in 1802 and is the national museum for the history, art, and archaeology of Hungary, including areas not within Hungary's modern borders, such as Transylvania
Hungarian Natural History Museum
…the Hungarian nation, so as to establish the base of a future national library, and a scientific and education center. This foundation gave rise to the Hungarian National Museum (and the Széchényi Library). Within the museum, the mineral collection of Julianna Festetics, the wife of the count, served as the origin of the future…
Museum building in 2006
Budapest, Hungarian National Museum
The main stairway
The Byzantine enamel plaques of the 11th century Monomachus Crown showing Constantine IX Monomachus and Empress Zoe; one of the internationally famous objects in the collection