Visiting museums in

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Galapagar, Spain 03 – 06 May 2015

Most popular museums in Eger

Eger is the county seat of Heves, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary . Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings, dishes and red wines. There are several museums in Eger and according to the tourists’ opinion the most popular ones are Eger Castle, Magic Tower, Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House, Fire fighter Museum, Historical Warehouse and Kopcsik Marzipan Museum.

The Eger Castle

The first castle was built on the high hill near Eger. In 1241, this castle was ruined, and was moved to a rocky hill in the city of Eger. It developed rapidly. In 1470 a Gothic palace was built.

Archaeological excavations only started in 1925 and the castle was used by the army as barracks until 1957.

On the exhibitions of the castle visitors can follow the everyday life of border fortresses. In the Historical Collections there are badges, medals and statuettes, the industrial lifestyle relics, paper numismatic collection, money rarities.

The Eger Castle

Students can play situational games and after it they learn about the XVIII- XIX century practice of justice, the moral norm of religious and secular elite in Eger in that time.

During summer students can take part in castle camp and they can follow what happen with the item found by an archaeologist and create handmade items.

The Eger Castle

In the Eger Castle

In the city centre of Eger there can be found The Lyceum. It was started to build in 1763 by the plan of Fellner Jakab. Its tower was originally built as an observatory and there were world famous astronomy education.

The tower was completed in 1776 and it was one of the most modern astronomical observation rooms in Europe.

The Magic Tower

The museum today works as a tourist attraction and it supports education, too. In the Magic Tower we can visit the Astronomical Museum, the Planetarium, the Magic Room, the Camera Obscura (periscope) and the panoramic terrace (where the advertised times telescope demonstrations are organized).

Special lessons are held for student groups and preschoolers, there are also museum educational workshops in astronomy, biology, physics, chemistry and geography.

The Magic Tower

In the Magic Tower

The Géza Gárdonyi Memorial Museum was designed in the former house of the writer. Gárdonyi lived here from 1897 until his death in 1922. The house is being protected as a monument.

Gárdonyi’s more novels were written in this house, but all of them the most prominent is The Eclipse of the Crescent Moon, which was written in 1901. This historical novel is about the patriotic fights in the 16th century.

Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House

In one of the rooms of the house you can see the tens of thousands books collection, among which there are books with literary and other range of topics in Hungarian and German language, and which was the writer's own original books. To preserve them the originally open bookcase was glassed.

Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House

The bedroom also offers a wide variety of original features with a small carved desk, on which The Eclipse of the Crescent Moon was probably born.

The design of the house and the wall painting is the same with the originally built house, after the several renovations the original templates are tried to restore. The restores of the Eger Castle regularly review the building, and, on a weekly basis they measure the humidity in the rooms to detect any adverse effects quickly.

Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House

In the Géza Gárdonyi Memorial House

Historical Warehouse and Fire-Fighting Museum

The Historic Warehouse is a private collection is in the historical centre of Eger. Military equipments, guns, sabres, swords, authentic wears, and others can be seen from the prehistoric age to the times of the war of independence. The exhibition is completed with original and reconstructed costumes from different historical periods. The oldest piece in the collection is a more than 4,000 years old metal axe.

The Fire-Fighting Museum is in the building of the former fire station which was opened 125 years ago.

In the archaic exhibition hall, the visitors can see the municipal fire fighting vehicles of historic value and learn about their assembly and use through a short fictional film.

Historical Warehouse and Fire-Fighting Museum

In the Historical Warehouse and Fire-Fighting Museum

The museum was opened in 2005 with the support of the town. The masterpieces you can see in the museum „Marcipania” have been the results of several decades of creative work. In the showcases you can admire sugar-copies of mostly Hungarian Fine-, Applied-, and folk art masterpieces, competed with the symbols of Eger.

Kopcsik Marzipania

The master had also the children in mind, so nicely decorated tale-books can be found in the showcases as well. You can see 150 pieces of marzipan objects in the museum. These objects were made from sugar, even the two-metre high wine bottle or the miniature copy of the minaret. The master had long been preoccupied with the idea of making a Baroque room from sugar. By now it has become reality: the floor, the wallpaper, the curtain in the room, the pictures the stucco, the stove, the sofa and the table in front were made from sugar. This room was created in three years.

Kopcsik Marzipania

In the Kopcsik Marzipania

Protection of works of art

About 5 km from the castle in the suburban area in a hidden corner lies the museums’ arts protecting place. In is a warehouse in which there are 55 separated spaces and workshops for restorers and a photo studio. Hidden from visitors the restorers’ works are one of the most important museum activities. Tasks of restores are the preservation of museum artefacts and their aesthetic appearance in the exhibitions. Cleaning, conservation and restoring of works of art in the archaeological, historical, folk, art and literary collections are made by metal, silicate, textiles and wood art restorers.