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Though one of the biggest and most famous Hungarian railway-catering company has rearranged throughout the years, it still exists and celebrates its 60th birthday. Honestly, how could we forget those blue logos on the railway stations of Lake Balaton or the rattling sound of the vendor’s cart’s wheels? We also save the memory of the sight of the sandwiches, wrapped in cellophane, the chocolates and the warm, lemon flavored sodas for sure. On the other hand, we do remember the nice dining cars, set up with Herendi porcelain plates, the well-dressed conductors in the sleeping-cars, hydrofoil and Formula-1, New Year’s Eve and weddings, foie gras and champagne….As our honored guest would you like a bite from our Hungarian bittersweet youth? 

Our museum is showing the posters from 1945 to 1989 as continuation the ’The picture book of the street’ exhibition.

The new temporary exhibition shows in the toy-trade history in Budapest from the end of the 19th century to 1989. The most famous old shopkeepers reappear here with their shops and goods. The offer of the socialist big enterprises and stores respectively the retails remind us of the post-war era. We evoke the toy-exhibitions and fairs from the 1960s-70s. Besides the old objects, the hoar topicalities vouch to toys forgotten by the kids, too. The little visitors can take modern toys in hand, however the adults can call back their childhood by indoor games. Because playing is nice, playing is good!

Modern, Romanian and Jazz. These words describes the poster-exhibition from Mr. Alexandru Sipa’s collection. We celebrate with it the 1st birthday of Jazz-engine series.

You can see the best works of Piroska Jávor paintress. Her paintings has been since 1980 same as the Budapest Spring Festival. This time we are enchanted by the delight of varicoloured spring not only in the nature but in the museum, too – thanks to the most talented creator of the contemporary Hungarian fine arts.

We make it, we drink it, that’s all? But how did get the beans of coffee shrub to the pot? And what kind of that? What is the ’Turkish coffee’ made in? What kinds of flasks did the French chemists experiment with? What does happen exactly inside of the clucking or the espresso machine? How did work a machine-maker and repairman in the ’self-employded’ world in Pest? And where are we today? If you are interested in these and many other curiosities, we are waiting for you with more hundred coffee makers, aromas, tastings, shows and love.

Pictures from the Arab World – Through a Woman’s Eyes 

Photographer: Zsuzsanna Rózsa