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The best museums in Hungary in September 2023

These are the top 50 best museums in Hungary, ranked by their rating and popularity in 2023. Click a museum for more information about the museum, including visitor information, exhibitions and reviews.

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  1. Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum1

    Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum

    Budapest
    The Hospital in the Rock in Budapest is a hospital-turned-memorial that serves as a grim reminder of the horrors of the war and of the suffering it brings upon the people. It was first opened in 1944 to serve as a hospital for wounded Hungarian civilians who were injured during airstrikes and, event
     4.6
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  3. Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden2

    Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden

    Budapest
    The Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden has a history dating back to the 19th century. It is one of the oldest zoos in the world, as well as the oldest zoo in Hungary. The zoo spans an area of over 18 hectares of land and it is home to more than a thousand different animal species. It is located withi
     4.6
    Nature & Natural History  Nature & Natural History
  4. 3

    Budapest Pinball Museum

    Budapest
    The Budapest Pinball Museum is a museum in the capital of Hungary that is solely dedicated to pinball. Visitors are allowed to try out all of the objects on display.
     5.0
    Specialized & Alternative  Specialized & Alternative
  5. House of Terror Museum4

    House of Terror Museum

    Budapest
    The House of Terror Museum is a museum in Budapest that documents the grim legacy of the fascist and communist regimes, which have plundered Hungary in the past. It also serves as a memorial to the victims of these regimes, including the unfortunate souls, who lost their lives within the building it
     4.0
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  7. Holocaust Memorial Center5

    Holocaust Memorial Center

    Budapest
    The Holocaust Memorial Center is a renovated synagogue and museum in Budapest that dates back to the 20s and is devoted to Hungarian Jews that were killed in The Holocaust. Furthermore, the museum also mentions the discrimination and killings of Gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled.
     4.5
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  8. Hungarian National Museum6

    Hungarian National Museum

    Budapest
    The Hungarian National Museum is a historical museum that is the oldest of its kind in Hungary. The museum documents the history of Hungary from the prehistoric age till the modern era. The museum has a number of permanent exhibitions on display, which explain the history of Hungary in a chronologic
     4.1
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  9. Hungarian National Gallery7

    Hungarian National Gallery

    Budapest
    The Hungarian National Gallery is a museum in Budapest that is housed in the Buda Castle and was established in 1957 as the national art museum. The museum holds and displays a collection that includes Medieval, Renaissance, Gothic art, and Baroque Hungarian art, as well as wood altars from the 15th
     3.9
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  11. 8

    Miniversum

    Budapest
     4.4
  12. Aeropark Budapest9

    Aeropark Budapest

    Budapest
     5.0
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  13. Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives10

    Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives

    Budapest
    The Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives first opened in 1916 and features a collection of Jewish artefacts from all across Hungary. It tells the tale of the Jewish people, of their religion, and traditions. The museum has survived the Nazi rule over Hungary, and was reopened again in 1947. It is co
     4.0
  15. Tropicarium - Oceanarium11

    Tropicarium - Oceanarium

    Budapest
    The Tropicarium - Oceanarium is something between an aquarium and a zoo where visitors can explore a tropical rainforest as well as huge tanks with sharks (including an underwater tunnel) and exotic fish. The Tropicarium - Oceanarium is located in a shopping center.
     4.1
    Nature & Natural History  Nature & Natural History
  16. Museum of Applied Arts12

    Museum of Applied Arts

    Budapest
    The Museum of Applied Arts is a museum in Budapest and is the third-oldest applied arts museum in the world. The museum is housed in an Art Nouveau building that was built between 1893 and 1896. The Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest houses a collection that mainly consists of metalwork, furniture,
     4.1
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  17. Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center13

    Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center

    Budapest
    The Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center is a museum and art gallery in Budapest that houses the greatest surviving collection of the world-famous Hungarian photographer Robert Capa. Capa was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist and is by some considered to be the greatest combat
     4.2
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  18. Zwack Museum and Visitor Center14

    Zwack Museum and Visitor Center

    Budapest
    The Zwack Museum and Visitor Center tells the story of Zwack Unicum, an aperitif made from 40 herbs and spices as well as the family responsible for it. Two centuries ago royal physician to the Habsburg Emperor Dr. Zwack invented the bitter drink. Furthermore, the museum and visitor centre holds a c
     4.4
    Specialized & Alternative  Specialized & Alternative
  19. Victor Vasarely Museum15

    Victor Vasarely Museum

    Budapest
    The Vasarely Museum, affiliated to the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, is holding the largest and most comprehensive collection of Victor Vasarely's body of work outside of France. The permanent exhibition of Vasarely's works is based on his artistic development, which is showcased in a chronologi
     4.6
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  21. Memento Park Budapest16

    Memento Park Budapest

    Budapest
    Memento Park is the first thematic museum formed of political propaganda statues and established after the fall of Central European communist dictatorships in 1989-90. Statue Park is home to 41 statues and memorials from the streets of Budapest. The Most Cheerful Barrack houses three photo exhibitio
    History & Anthropology  History & AnthropologySpecialized & Alternative  Specialized & Alternative
  22. Hungarian Railway Museum17

    Hungarian Railway Museum

    Budapest
    The Hungarian Railway Museum or Hungarian Railway History Park is a railway museum and park in Budapest located at a former railway station and workshop of the Hungarian State Railways. The park covers more than 70,000 square meters and features all kinds of railway equipment, such as passenger cars
     4.6
  23. Museum of Military History18

    Museum of Military History

    Budapest
    The Military History Museum (Museum of Military History) is a museum in Budapest that holds and displays a collection of historical weapons, uniforms, flags, maps and objects from the time of the Turkish wars, from the 16th century to the modern age. The museum's weapons collection alone now contain
     4.2
  24. Museum of Hungarian Agriculture19

    Museum of Hungarian Agriculture

    Budapest
    The Museum of Hungarian Agriculture (The Hungarian Agricultural Museum) is a museum in Budapest that is housed in the Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest. Its collection aims to present the history of Hungarian agriculture.
     4.3
  25. Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art20

    Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art

    Budapest
    The Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art collects international and Hungarian art, and displays artworks from the past 50 years that have been collected by Peter and Irene Ludwig.
     4.3
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  27. Museum of Ethnography21

    Museum of Ethnography

    Budapest
    The Ethnographic Museum is a national museum in Budapest that is housed in a building that was originally built by Alajos Hauszmann for the Ministry of Justice. The Museum of Ethnography holds a collection that comprises around 200,000 items, 140,000 Hungarian and 60,000 foreign. In addition to trad
     3.9
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  28. Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum22

    Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum

    Budapest
    The Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum is a museum in Budapest dedicated to Liszt Ferenc (Franz Liszt), a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger and organist of the Romantic era. In the museum visitors can learn about his life and work which displays his belongings, music
     4.0
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  29. Underground Railway Museum23

    Underground Railway Museum

    Budapest
    The Underground Railway Museum, also sometimes called the Millennium Museum is a museum in Budapest that is dedicated to the history of Budapest's underground. The museum was opened in 1975 and is located within the Deák Ferenc tér metro station. Inside the museum, a station was recreated in style o
     3.9
  30. Palace of Wonders24

    Palace of Wonders

    Budapest
    The Palace of Wonders, also known as the Center of Scientific wonders aims to show the beauty of science and technology to the general public. Highlights are the 9D and 5D movies, and its magnetic field. Since 2017, the Palace of Wonders has a 5000 m2 scientific entertainment center with over 250 ga
     4.2
    Science & Technology  Science & Technology
  31. Hungarian Natural History Museum25

    Hungarian Natural History Museum

    Budapest
    The Hungarian Natural History Museum (The Hungarian Museum of Natural Sciences, MTTM or NHMUS) is a natural history museum in Budapest. Founded in 1802, the museum is Europe's third-oldest natural history museum, and with its approximately 10 million exhibits is also considered one of its largest. T
     4.3
    Nature & Natural History  Nature & Natural History
  32. Hall of Art26

    Hall of Art

    Budapest
    The Hall of Art in Budapest is an exhibition building on Budapest's Heroes' Square, built to the design of the architects Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herczog and inaugurated in December 1895. Opposite the Kunsthalle is the Museum of Fine Arts (Szépművészeti Múzeum), designed by the same team of arc
     4.1
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  33. Semmelweis Museum of Medical History27

    Semmelweis Museum of Medical History

    Budapest
    Semmelweis Museum of Medical History (The Semmelweis Medical Museum) is a museum in Budapest housed in the house where Dr. Semmelwies was born in. Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician of ethnic-German ancestry, now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. With its collection of medical to
     4.1
  34. Budakeszi Wildlife Park28

    Budakeszi Wildlife Park

    Budapest
     4.3
    Nature & Natural History  Nature & Natural History
  35. House of Hungarian Art Nouveau29

    House of Hungarian Art Nouveau

    Budapest
    The House of Hungarian Art Nouveau is an Art Noveau mansion in Budapest that showcases the bourgeoise past of Budapest.
     3.7
  36. Golden Eagle Pharmacy Museum30

    Golden Eagle Pharmacy Museum

    Budapest
    The Golden Eagle Pharmacy Museum is a museum in Budapest that features a reconstruction of an alchemist's lab, as well as original Renaissance and Baroque pharmaceutics. There are also always new temporary exhibitions taking place in addition to the permanent one.
     4.1
    Science & Technology  Science & Technology
  38. Kiscell Museum31

    Kiscell Museum

    Budapest
    The Kiscell Museum is a museum in Budapest that is dedicated to the city: its art, its schools, its fashion. Anything and everything that helps form the unique genius loci of the place.
     4.1
    History & Anthropology  History & AnthropologyArt & Design  Art & Design
  39. Museum of Music History32

    Museum of Music History

    Budapest
    The Museum of Music History is a museum in Budapest that collects and displays objects related to Hungarian and European music history, including manuscripts, letters, photographs, musical instruments, and legacies of famous composers and musicians.
     4.4
  40. Roth Miksa Memorial House33

    Roth Miksa Memorial House

    Budapest
    The Roth Miksa Memorial House in Budapest was the home of Róth Miksa, the internationally well-known Hungarian mosaicist and stain glass artist responsible for making mosaic and stained glass prominent art forms in Hungarian art.
     4.4
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  41. Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism34

    Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism

    Budapest
    The Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism is a museum in Budapest that holds a collection of approximately 60 000 pieces, which can be categorized into three main thematic groups: certificates and documents in the archives, business materials, and various promotional materials.
     4.6
  42. Varfok Gallery35

    Varfok Gallery

    Budapest
    The Várfok Gallery is a gellary in Budapest that is one of the first private galleries specializing in contemporary art. Its aim is to represent well-known Hungarian and foreign known artists as well as new and young artists, organize exhibitions and organize guided tours.
     5.0
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  43. Foundry Museum36

    Foundry Museum

    Budapest
    The Foundry Museum (Öntödei Múzeum) is a museum in Budapest. It is a branch museum of the Hungarian Museum of Technology and Transport. The Foundry Museum features several permanent exhibitions, including: The original Ganz factory's crumbs equipment, Memories of the life of Ganz Abraham, Domestic m
     4.4
  44. Fairy Tale Museum37

    Fairy Tale Museum

    Budapest
    The Fairy Tale Museum (Mesemúzeum) in Budapest features a visitor space that is home to theatre, shadow and puppet shows created or enjoyed by the children; drama coaching and creative workshops are also held here. These are orientated towards a visual approach to fairytales (drawing, painting, pupp
     4.7
  45. Petőfi Literary Museum38

    Petőfi Literary Museum

    Budapest
    The Petőfi Literary Museum (Petofi Literary Museum) is a museum in Budapest named after Sándor Petőfi who was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary and is considered Hungary's national poet. He was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The museum aims to promote classical
     4.2
    History & Anthropology  History & Anthropology
  46. Kassák Museum39

    Kassák Museum

    Budapest
    The Lajos Kassák Memorial Museum (Kassák Museum) is a museum in Budapest that is devoted to the Hungarian poet, novelist, painter, essayist, editor, theoretician of the avant-garde, and occasional translator Lajos Kassák. The museums exhibits his literary and fine art work in a permanent exhibition
     4.4
  47. Galeria Centralis40

    Galeria Centralis

    Budapest
    The Galeria Centralis is both an integral part and an extension of the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives. The exhibition hall provides additional space for reflection on the nature of the archive and the documents, bringing into question the relationship between the past and the present,
     4.9
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  48. Geological Museum41

    Geological Museum

    Budapest
    The Geological Museum in Budapest is a museum that hosts exhibitions related to Geology.
     4.0
    Science & Technology  Science & Technology
  49. Ady Endre Emlékmúzeum42

    Ady Endre Emlékmúzeum

    Budapest
    The Ady Endre Emlékmúzeum is a museum in Budapest that is dedicated to the turn-of-the-century Hungarian poet and journalist Endre Ady. The museum exhibits objects related to him.
     4.4
  50. TIT Budapesti Planetárium43

    TIT Budapesti Planetárium

    Budapest
    The TIT Budapesti Planetarium is a planetarium in Budapest. The planetarium building features a circular dome with a diameter of 23 meters. It has a size of 1000 square meters.
     3.8
    Science & Technology  Science & Technology
  51. Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Center44

    Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Center

    Budapest
    The Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Center The Money Museum of the National Bank of Hungary is a prime example of why it is worth rethinking the meaning of the word museum. The Money Museum not only presents old money and the history of money in a spectacular way – the experience offered by the
    Specialized & Alternative  Specialized & AlternativeScience & Technology  Science & Technology
  52. Zoltán Kodály Memorial Museum and Archives45

    Zoltán Kodály Memorial Museum and Archives

    Budapest
    The Zoltán Kodály Museum is a museum in Budapest that is dedicated to one of the most important Hungarian composers of the 20th century. The museum was opened in 1990 and occupies the place where the musician lived and worked from 1924 until his death in 1967. The museum contains three rooms preserv
     3.3
  53. Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts46

    Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts

    Budapest
    The Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts is a musuem in Budapest that showcases the beauty of Asian art and culture. The museum was founded in 1919 by Ferenc Hopp, after whom it is named. Hopp was a travelling enthusiast, who brought with him from his journeys many magnificent Asian works of art. The
     3.1
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  54. 47

    Imre Varga Collection

    Budapest
    The Imre Varga Collection is a museum that is dedicated to the renowned Hungariansculptor, painter, designer and graphic artist Imre Varga. The musuem holds and displays a collection of his sketches, work materials and statues.
     4.3
    Art & Design  Art & Design
  55. 48

    Hungarian Technical and Transportation Museum

    Budapest
     3.7
  56. 49

    Postal Museum

    Budapest
    The Postal Museum (Post Museum) in Budapest holds a collection that started in 1881 from the inventory of the National Finance Office and the Central Telegraph Storage, consisting mostly of items related to telegraph history. Later the collection got expanded with postal related objects, telephone r
     4.2
  57. 50

    Postal Stamp Museum

    Budapest
    The Postal Stamp Museum is a musuem in Budapest that was opened to the public in 1930, on the ninth floor of the building of General Postal Direction on Krisztina Road, but was later moved to the newly completed post office in the 7th district, designed by Gyula Rimanóczy, in 1939. The exhibition ha
     4.5

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