Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary

The Museum of Applied Arts (Hungarian: Iparművészeti Múzeum) is a museum in Budapest, Hungary. It is the third oldest applied arts museum in the world.

The architecture is Art Nouveau. It was built between 1893 and 1896 and was designed by Ödön Lechner. It has a green roof and the interior is designed using Hindu, Mogul, and Islamic designs. The building is in need of renovation, for which plans have been developed.

The museum houses a collection of metalwork, furniture, textiles, and glass. It also has a library. There are two other locations: the Hopp Ferenc Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts and the Nagytétény Castle Museum

The museum is located near the southern end of the Grand Boulevard in the neighborhood Ferencváros and it can be accessed by metro line 3.

Opening hours

Tuesday-Sunday: 10.00-18.00

Monday: closed

Founded in 1872, the Museum of Applied Arts is one of the oldest museums of art and design on the continent. The palace housing the museum was built in 1896, and is one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau buildings of the capital. The core of the collection is made up by masterpieces of European decorative arts from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Highlights from the collection can be seen in the permament exhibition of the museum, as well as in the Nagytétény Castle Museum. The museum also regularly organizes temporary exhbitions of both historic and contemporary material.



Permanent exhibitions:

Collectors and Treasures (main building)

Furniture Art from Gothic to Biedermeier (Budapest-Nagytétény Castle Museum)
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