There was good weather at the weekend (27-28 September) for the first time since I arrived and I took the opportunity on the Saturday to visit two museums:

House of Terror
Museum of Fine Arts

The Museum of Fine Arts is set in a huge building on one side of Heroes’ Square and features many exhibitions. These change over time and cost varying amounts to enter. I paid HUF 1200 to visit the permanent exhibition. There are two parts to the permanent exhibition, one is paintings and sculptures, the other is artefacts from ancient Egypt. There is also scope for two special exhibitions as part of the price, but there were none when I visited.

I am not a huge fan of paintings and sculptures of the late nineteenth century and my mind was not turned by this collection.

The Egyptologist would enjoy the Egyptian artefacts. It seems there are Egyptian relics in every corner of the world, yet still there are loads in Egypt. A multi-millennia civilisation has its opportunity to leave an amazing legacy, and the Pharaohs did not disappoint.

However, one does not go to Budapest to learn about ancient Egypt. But it is a worthwhile visit if you can cover the Budapest-unique sights.

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