National Museum Awaits Visitors with Festival Programs in the Valley of Arts

The Hungarian National Museum starts the festival season in the Valley of Arts with unique exhibitions. Between July 19 and 28, the event will be held at three venues.

Festival-goers can get a glimpse of the current temporary exhibitions, the Hungarian Bride and the Kertész/Copies, and visitors can get to know the museum’s ten most interesting treasures, and take part in exciting archaeological walks and family programs, the institution’s director general Gábor Zsigmond noted.

In Vigántpetend (western Hungary), at the Cirque du Tókert site, those interested will be able to get an insight into one of the exhibitions,

marking the 130th anniversary of the birth of the world-famous photographer André Kertész, entitled Kertész/Copies.

The exhibition, presenting a selection of never-before-seen works from Kertész’s photographs purchased in New York in 2021, will give visitors an insight into the young André Kertész, who was on the brink of world fame. The installation will be open to visitors throughout the festival. On the evening of July 20, curator Éva Fisli, historian, will give a guided tour.

Another temporary exhibition, the Hungarian Bride, will also be on display, focusing on the status, role, living conditions, personal stories and marriages of women going back 500 years. It will close at the end of August and will be displayed in Kapolcs (western Hungary).

Gábor Zsigmond said that the so-called “TOP10” objects of the museum will also be presented at the festival. Through them, visitors can expand their knowledge of the everyday life of the former inhabitants of the Carpathian Basin, and meet priceless treasures and relics of the history and cultural history of the Hungarian nation. A mini exhibition of artifacts awaits visitors in the Petőfi Courtyard.

There will also be archaeological tours of the Pauline monastery in Taliándörögd (western Hungary) on July 27 and 28. The program will be led by Attila Papp, researcher at the museum’s Department of Archaeology. The walk will cover 15 kilometers, tracing 4,000 years of history around the forests of Som Hill (Som-hegy).

Furthermore, family programs will be held on July 20, 21, 27 and 28, also in the Petőfi Courtyard, at the museum’s stand.

Via MTI; Featured image via Facebook/Művészetek Völgye