Thematic Collections
Highlights of the Collection
The approximately 150 objects of this selection extend from the early Middle Ages to the twentieth century and represent wide spectrum of the applied art genres.
Recent Acquisitions (2019-2024)
A selection of the new acquisitions of the Museum of Applied Arts, during the years 2019-2024. The selection includes gifts as well as objects purchased by the Museum.
Dress Code - Art Nouveau
The exhibition entitled Dress Code: Art Nouveau provides a glimpse into the wardrobe and lifestyle of women living at the turn of the 20th century. By presenting the contemporary clothing and accessories, we conjure up the new, ethereal feminine ideal created by Art Nouveau, which included not just women’s appearance, but also their education.
Dress Code - Art Deco
Art deco is characterized by sleek shapes, strong, clean colours, few ornaments and a geometric reinterpretation of decorative elements from earlier stylistic periods such as Art Nouveau, Biedermeier and Empire.
In Circulation
The In Circulation exhibition series was launched by the Contemporary Design Department of the Museum of Applied Arts. During the period of the reconstruction of the museum’s main building on Üllői Road, it is especially important that we keep the pieces of the collection in circulation.
In a Different Light: Uranium Glass Artworks
The collection of the Museum of Applied Arts preserves many artefacts made of uranium glass for a wide range of functions.
Images from the history of the Museum of Applied Arts
The Archives of Museum of Applied Arts hold a number of photographs of prominent personalities, exhibitions and other events from the history of the Museum, established in 1872.
’Drink ye all of it’ - A selection from the liturgical chalices of the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest
The quote in the title comes from the Gospel of Matthew (Mat. 26:27b). With these words, Jesus offered the chalice full of wine to the disciples eating with him at the Last Supper after he had blessed the bread.
Contemporary Craft & Design Artefacts
Highlights of the contemporary design objects purchased by the Museum of Applied Arts after 1990.
Art Deco and Modernism
The exhibition "Art Deco and Modernism - Interior design in Hungary, 1920-1940" in 2012 featured more than 200 objects from the museum's collection.
Budapest Interiors c. 1900
The Archive at the Museum of Applied Arts owns numerous archive photographs about interiors of palaces and villas in Budapest around 1900.
Fauna, Japonism, and Art Nouveau: Excerpts from the Travelling Exhibition of the Museum of Applied Arts
The theme of this year’s World Art Nouveau Day, which was first held in 2013, is the depiction of animals and fauna. The selections from the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest on this topic have been collected from objects decorated with animal figures in the travelling exhibition Japonism and Art Nouveau.
Magda Bácsi's donations to the Museum of Applied Arts
In recent years, the violinist Magda Bácsi has donated more than three hundred artefacts to the Museum, enriching its collections of metalware, textiles and – most of all – ceramics. We present a selection of the items she has so generously donated.
Objects of a design experiment: Kitchen Program for Prefabricated Houses
The exhibit entitled Magyar design (10 kísérlet) (Hungarian Design [10 Experiments]) was organized at the Fészek Artists’ Club between the 18th and 29th of October 1972. There, ten works by eight designers were presented by the three organizers, Sándor Borz Kováts, Mihály Pohárnok and György Soltész.
Art Nouveau Artefacts
Thanks to planned acquisition, the Museum of Applied Arts is proud to own a unique Art Nouveau collection which represents both the Hungarian and European development of this style.
Islamic Art
The Islamic artefacts form an important part of the collections at the Museum of Applied Arts. Specially valued are the collection of Ottoman--Turkish objects which include wide spectrum of works of art from the weapons, textiles made from silk and saddles through ceramics.
TYPOGRAPHY. Printed materials selected from the collections of the Library and the Archive
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network (RANN) has designated a central topic for World Art Nouveau Day every year since 2017. RANN chose the theme of typography in 2022.
In the Mood for Colours: Red Objects
The many shades we call red range from orange to pink, with purple on the way. Vivid and distinctive, red stands apart from others in the spectrum, a virtue that has made it the colour of strength and power.
