This temporary exhibition titled ’Pajtás’ and its friends is about the Hungarian design, manufacturing, sale and use of cameras between 1950 and 1966, which is known as an industrial era in camera history.

This exhibition presents the decorated palaces built by insurance companies which were renowned in their time; many of these buildings are still jewels of Budapest.

Selection of draft advertising posters by István Erdély, Tibor Gönczi Gebhardt, Jenő Haranghy, János Repcze, István Rottler and  Márton Tuszkay

Holidays and festivities have always had a special importance in trade and gastronomy. In this chamber exhibition we present some typical goods that sweetened and coloured Easter days or attracted customers’ attention in shopwindows of the past.

This carnival period we create a colourful ballroom atmosphere in the museum with this chamber exhibition. The objects on display evoke the wonder of balls from the past. You can learn about the real French champagne, the mysterious world of musical theatres (so-called ’orpheums’) and bars.

Elemér Auguszt, the representative of the third generation of the famous pastry-cooks' dynasty, would be 100 years old this year. This is a good opportunity to introduce the history of this family, which have sweetened our days since 1870, and have given us an example of diligence, trustworthiness and persistency.

How did we dress ourselves and our homes in the years when fashion was more slow-paced, liveable and - we dare to say - more acceptable or even loveable? The 'otthonka' (housecoat) is more or less the same still, or a bit less acrylic. The 'suba'-carpet (hand-knotted carpet with the yarn left long) nowadays can be found on the floor in 'minimal art'-style rather than on the wall.

The travelling exhibition is a part of the ’The spirit of a city: Temesvár’ program of the Romanian Cultural Institute (RCI).

Do you still go to the market? Would you like to experience a real, crowded market? Are you curious where our forefathers sold and bought their goods?

Jenő Haranghy's art in the hospitality.

Every generation of Hungarian children knows Tibi chocolate, in the shops wince 1941, and Cat's Tongue, a real Hungaricum, not to mention the classic cherry bon-bons, the crunchy Balaton bar and many others loved by every generation in various forms.

Stages in the life of Gyula Krúdy

The exhibition invites the visitors to rooms where Krúdy spent the last three years of his life and where he died in Óbuda. One of the rooms presents the hotels, both good and bad, the rented rooms and bourgeois homes where Krúdy spent his days from 1896 to 1933.

Selection from the trade and the hospitality collection

'Good advertisements are aesthetic, and good advertisements are indispensable in society. Advertisements are products of trade, and trade is the result of the ever increasing life standards of humanity.'

/Lajos Kassák/

Prolonged!

Musical entertainment and hospitality and the music trade in the 19th century

We present the noted 19th century Hungarian instrument-makers, music merchants and the era's typical music boxes, which visitors can even listen to.

Prolonged!

Ernő Zórád life-work exhibition

Works of art by him have been shown so many times, however, this time, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, we would like to review all his life and work. He worked for the press for sixty years, did thousands of caricatures, aquarelles, illustrations to comics and books, even did slides. We show some of these to You.

Chamber exhibition from the christmas pastry cutters

This collection contains a myriad of rare or no longer used objects from the world of trade and tourism. You can become acquainted with these unique items from the two professions in thematically organised units in seventeen show-cases.

The next program of the socio-deko exhibition series organised for this year's Budapest Design Week introduces visitors into the world of the metal-based object culture of the 1960's, 70's and 80's.

Abd A. Masoud’s series consists 16 paintings which narrates the dream of a child, the wish in a child's heart. The child may live here, there or anywhere. The child wishes to be educated, to be independent, to find a job and have a family. It longs to be free - free to say no: no to drugs, war, violence, no to all things from the evil.

This year the fabulous actress would be 100 years old. The Kultea Theatre and the Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute remember of her with this exhibition.

Last years the two elements of Japanese subculture, the manga and the anime have become very popular all over the world. The pourpose of this exhibition to show the world of the Japenese comics and animations. These characters are there of the japanese children and adult’s life. They are shown on the season tickets, the phones, the covers and the mascots.

In the 1970-80’s the most popular year-end offerings of the Hungarian trading life were the card- and poster-calendars. Every trading company had the calendars made, especially nice women on them. We have composed József Tóth’s poster-calendars with legendary models from that time.

How did our ancestry clean the table after a meal? How did they collect the crumb? With tawdry brushes and shovles. Can’t you imagine it? Come and see the pieces of Hajnal Tordai’s collection.

József C. Dobos produced his newest creation, the rock-cake in 1885 on the Budapest General Exhibition. The speciality of the cake was the buttery cream. Some intresting objects and documents of his legacy are shown in this exhibition.

The ’MINTA’ Foundation - as a professional workshop – sponsors and organizes the creation of home designers’ projects. The participants show in the different stratas of their artwork with this exhibition. Variety and space are in focus.

The museum celebrate this occasion with an exhibition case opposite the reception. You can get to know the recently opened up story of ’To the Black Dog’ herb and drugstore. Also you can see here the famous signs of the shop.

You can see a spelling from the most beautiful pieces of the fashion-plate collection of HMTT. You can follow up the change of fashion throughout 60 years. You can learn when were the hooped petticoats and tournures worn by ladies. 19th century costumes, hats, fans and other typical accessories make full this unique exhibition.

"The art of clay is truly a divine one. Those who practise it must abide by its laws, but not by every letter of them." (Lívia Gorka)

The works, what you can see here present the priority of vision as setpoint – not as advertisement or earnings.

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

Photographer: Zsuzsanna Rózsa

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.

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.

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.

From 1^st of December to 24^th, every day advent windows will be opened on the front of the Gerbeaud House to show blow ups of contemporary artists’ works. During this period you can see an exhibition from the original works of the 9^th Advent Calendar in our museum.

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!

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

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?