Museum of Ethnography

SPACE – TIME – STORY

After four years, the Hungarian Ethnographic Museum returns to the Valley!

The Hungarian Ethnographic Museum is one of Europe’s most important specialized museums, and thanks to its new building, it is now one of the world’s most modern ethnographic institutions. Over its 150-year history, the museum has created a vast collection of nearly a quarter of a million artifacts, millions of pages of irreplaceable archival material, a photo archive containing hundreds of thousands of images, and a major specialized library.

At the Valley of Arts, the museum will present a unique “museum in miniature,” offering a condensed glimpse into its current temporary exhibitions and the wealth of knowledge accumulated over time. The exhibition compresses both time and space, showcasing treasures from the present as well as from distant eras and cultures.

Visitors will be able to explore topics such as the selection of new acquisitions made during the museum’s closure, the sensitive photography of Kamill Erdős (romologist), the upcoming Budapest exhibition of the Seoul Museum of History opening in autumn, and the exhibition One Day of Mine, which presents the daily lives of two schoolgirls separated by nearly 100 years. The program also features a perspective on South American Indigenous communities through the lens of a contemporary Brazilian female photographer. All of these themes and stories will come to life at the Ethnographic Museum’s Kapolcs venue.

PROGRAMS

Family Activities (daily)

The museum organizes family programs every festival day at 10:00 and 14:00, where museum educators lead creative activities for younger children, while older participants can hear interesting insights from curators about the exhibitions and their backgrounds.

The hands-on activities include paper games, glass painting, and making thread dolls. Visitors can also have photos taken in traditional Korean costumes and participate in a point-collecting game with stations located throughout the festival area.

Game sheets can be picked up at the starting point: the museum’s EthnoShop stand. Completed sheets must be returned at the museum venue in the attic of the Kuthy Mansion.

Every day at 17:30, five family tickets will be drawn among the participants.

During the festival’s closing weekend, the museum’s EthnoEco group will join the program series with environmentally conscious workshops.

Opening Hours

During the festival: daily 10:00–18:00

Ongoing Program

The Ethnographic Museum Point-Collecting Game

Daily 10:00–18:00

Location: festival area

Starting point: EthnoShop stand

Prize draw: daily at 17:30 in the attic of the Kuthy Mansion

Regular Program (at scheduled times)

Family Activities and Exhibition Introductions

Daily 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–16:00

Location: attic of the Kuthy Mansion

Exhibitions featured in the program:

• Indians. Spirits. Survivors. – exhibition by Claudia Andujar, a Hungarian-born Brazilian photographer
• The Beauties of Seoul – traveling exhibition of the Seoul Museum of History
• I Will Find You with God, My Brother! – Gypsy stories
• Gymnosperms – selection of new acquisitions of the Hungarian Ethnographic Museum (2018–2022)

Family program activities include:

Trying on traditional Korean costumes and taking souvenir photos, paper games, glass painting, thread-doll making, and fun puzzle challenges.

Environmentally Conscious Workshops

EthnoEco Group Program

July 28–30, 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–16:00

Location: attic of the Kuthy Mansion