Thematic Collections
In the Mood for Colours: Blue Objects
Blue, like green, has a dominant association with nature, but is perhaps more subject to varying cultural readings through time. In the age of the Roman Empire, blue was the colour of barbarians (Germans and Celts), but medieval Europe afforded it greater esteem, and blue became a majestic, royal colour.
In the Mood for Colours: Green Objects
What does the colour green make you think of? Hope, nature, spring, healing, tranquility, youth, Protestantism, Satan, a Greek statue, a banker’s lamp or copper patina?
IMAGES AND TEXT on Art Nouveau Ex Libris
There is always an inscription on an ex libris. Most often it was the two words which gave the name to this genre, this epigram of the graphic arts. (Sometimes it is also possible to read the phrase book of XY on it.) Ex libris is Latin for “from the library of.”
Artworks from the Miklós Jankovich collection in the Museum of Applied Arts
Miklós Jankovich (1772–1846) is an outstanding figure in the history of art collecting in Hungary.
The Art of Furniture from Gothic to Biedermeier
The permanent exhibition opened in 2000 in the Nagytétény Mansion Museum features the most significant pieces of the Furniture Collection at the Museum of Applied Arts.
HONOURING THE MEMORY OF THE 1848–49 REVOLUTION AND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, Glasses in the Collection of the Museum of Applied Arts
There is a distinctive group among 19th-century commemorative glasses, those that honour the memory of the 1848–49 revolution and war of independence in Hungary.
Historical costumes
Among the 17,000 items held by the Textile Department, costume and costume accessories make up a well-defined section.
Art Nouveau Bestiary of the Museum of Applied Arts
On World Art Nouveau Day every year on the 10th of June, we remember the anniversary of the deaths of the architects Antoni Gaudí and Ödön Lechner. This celebration, a Hungarian initiative, has been held on an international level since 2013.
Artefacts inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses
Ovid's Metamorphoses was one of the most popular literal works in the early modern history. The themes from the antique mythology written in readable and poetic form being funny, heroic or morally edifying served as an inexhaustible source for the donators/commissioners, the artists and the craftsmen.
Love, wedding, marriage. Decorative Glass from the Collection of the Museum of Applied Arts
Owing to its fragility, glass is commonly associated with transience, yet many a glass object in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest commemorates marriages made hundreds of years ago.
'Charming Trifles'
The book "Charming Trifles" compiled by Donka Maros (1948-1994) and published in 2000 gives an elaborate overview of the collection of fans at the Museum of Applied Arts.
Ottoman-Turkish Carpets
The Museum of Applied Arts is proud to own the second richest collection of the 15th - 17th century Ottoman-Turkish carpets in the world.
Haban Ceramics
The Habans were a Protestant denomination that emerged in the sixteenth century. They were anabaptists, for whom baptism was a sacrament for adults rather than children.
Subjective
For many, exhibitions are the museum, but in reality our work encompasses much more nuanced and varied professional tasks.
Sex libris
The Ex Libris is created through graphic multiplication; it is an artistic trademark which originally was glued into books. By the end of the 19th century it became an independent small graphical art and collection object. Due to its personal character connected to the owner it offers the possibility for intimate, provocative and even erotic themes.
Colorful stained glass in black and white
The Budapest Museum of Applied Arts celebrates the 2020 World Art Nouveau Day publishing the virtual exhibition Colorful stained glass in black and white. Art Nouveau stained glass on archive photographs from the collection of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts.
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