Night of Museums in Pécs to Feature Over 50 Programs across 12 Venues

The Janus Pannonius Museum (JPM) and the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra have announced that more than a dozen venues and over fifty programs will be open to the public on June 22 for the Night of Museums in Pécs (southern Hungary).

Highlights include an exciting project at the Martyn-Lantos Museum titled LaMu, or Lantos and Music, which explores the relationship between music and free creation. Participants can create electronic musical compositions inspired by Ferenc Lantos’s paintings and then translate the music back into visual form.

The Csontváry Museum will offer guided tours with art historian Tamás Aknai, who will delve into technical details, and theater artist Lajos Széll Horváth with pianist Péter Kovács, who will provide a more subjective interpretation of Csontváry’s works. At the Modern Hungarian Gallery, tours will focus on the “Lowland school” (Alföldi-iskola), Bauhaus, and temporary exhibitions, while Károly Kismányoky’s animated films will be screened and discussed.

The Zsolnay Museum will open a temporary exhibition featuring over fifty unique works from the Zsolnay factory, decorated with ancient Egyptian motifs.

This exhibition, inspired by Teréz Zsolnay’s interest in ancient Egypt, will be accompanied by a concert of Dávid Pavlovits’ Egyptian Fantasies.

The Janus Pannonius Museum Visitor Center on Széchenyi Square will re-enact the ancient Olympic Games with activities and food tastings. The renewed Roman Stone Museum will offer a guided tour and a Turkish fair with period costume replicas.

Family activities will be hosted by the Museum of Ethnography and the Museum of Natural History, exploring love’s ancient mysteries, mystical traditions, folk crafts, medicinal herbs, and potion-making.

Children can enjoy a playground and listen to fairy tales, while older participants can try gingerbread decorating, burkha making, hand-grinding grain, felting, furniture dyeing, and weaving. Bence Bajkó will demonstrate folk costumes from Bácska, accompanied by folk music, wine, and food tasting. The evening will end with an apple bake and fire-breathing on Midsummer Eve.

The Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra will also hold events, including a musical walk led by András Kövér and Zsuzsanna Szilágyi. At the Balokány grove, a discussion with conductor Gergely Kesselyák and Zsolt Horváth will be accompanied by chamber music from the PFZ brass quintet.

The Kodály Center will feature a nighttime exhibition of photographs by Zsolt Dékány, accompanied by music from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The musicians will interact with the audience, showcasing instruments and sharing insights into their careers. The evening will close with a concert by the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra.

For more information, visit www.jpm.hu and www.pfz.hu.

Via MTI; Featured Image: Facebook / Pécs