Cultural Web Panorama
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There is an abundant offering of brochures and publications presenting Hungarian culture to tourists. However, those who seek to find up to date information on programs and events of cultural life have a better chance of finding these on the Internet. The following links will guide you in any direction: culture.hu provides information on the most significant events in Hungary, as well as those happening abroad with a relevance for Hungary, while budapest.com and budapestinfo.org are perfect guides for browsing events happening in Budapest. However, we should also keep an eye on the increasingly busy cultural lives of major Hungarian towns. The following links to English languge pages will help you to get acquainted with the cultural lives of some major towns, and some of the sites enable you to browse programs throughout Hungary.
National Cultural Centres
The national cultural centres are institutions that hold together relations between Hungary and the given nation, country. They are important points of reference not only for foreigners living here but aslo for Hungarians who have some level of interest in the culture, history or language of the given country. The contact points of libraries, cultural centres offering diverse programs and opportunities for making acquaintences are the following:
Museums, exhibitions
Hundreds of museums and exhibitions await visitors in Budapest only. Permanent as well as temporary exhibitions can be seen at the largest museums, and the majority offer a discount for student card holders. The full list of museums with recommendations for programs and exhibitions, as well as up to date news can be found at the English language pages of museum.hu. The largest and maybe most important museoms in the wide range can be found at the following sites.
| Baranya County Museum Authority (Pécs) | Kunsthalle (Budapest) |
| Budapest History Museum (Budapest) | Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art (Budapest) |
| Déri Museum (Debrecen) | Municipal Museum of Art (Győr) |
| Ernst Museum (Budapest) | Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) |
| House of Terror Museum (Budapest) | Museum of Ethnography (Budapest) |
| Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest) | Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) |
| Hungarian National Museum (Budapest) | Museum of Hungarian Agriculture (Budapest) |
| Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest) | Skanzen, Szentendre Open Air Museum (Szentendre) |
| Hungarian Railway Historical Park (Budapest) |
- 1. Cultural centres, museums, exhibitions
- 2. Theatres, cinemas, music
