Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism
One of the most interesting museums in Hungary happens to be also one of the less known, a great chance for residents and tourists for a different, original day at the museum. In fact the Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism in Budapest is the only museum of this kind in the world.
Originally founded in 1966, after many attempts and experimenting, only to collect memoirs from the catering industry, the museum started exhibiting trade history relics as well in 1970. In the catering history collection you can find furniture, equipment and tools from restaurants and confectioner’s shops, while in the trade history collection you have signboards, name-boards, store furniture and equipment, tools and scales, as well as of tools of trade administration, merchandise samples, merchandise boxes and bottles, souvenirs and promotion materials. Keep in mind that those are all part of the Permanent Exhibition, closed at the moment but due to reopen on October 19th.
If that was enough the Temporary Exhibitions are between the most original in the world. From now until the end of 2009 you can find:
Sacher: an exhibition telling you everything about the history of the famous cake and Austrian hotel.
Catering on the Hungarian railways in the 60s: memories of the blue logos on the railway stations of Lake Balaton, nice dining cars with Herendi porcelain plates, well-dressed conductors in the sleeping-cars.
The juice of lemon – Lemon squeezers: Who would have thought? Such an ordinary object can have incredible shapes and colors. You can see the most gripping pieces from the Swedish Anders Alvarsson’s collection of lemon squeezers.
We are opening… Posters in the socialism: Posters from 1945 to 1989 reflecting the various trends that characterized that era; also informing us on what products were advertised most, what kind of stores were typical, and what slogans were used in a given time.
More info:
Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism Home Page
Museum.hu: Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism
