Műcsarnok 130

The Műcsarnok makes an exhibition out of its own 130 years, across three rooms: a timeline of its exhibitions since 1896, the architect's drawings for the building, and works pulled back in to stand for the shows they came from.

About the event

Mária Kondor-Szilágyi and György Szegő curated it. The second and third rooms lean towards recent decades and lay particular weight on the last six years, so you move from the beginnings towards the present through the building as well as along the wall. Franz Joseph opened Albert Schickedanz's palace to the nation, and the watercolour designs for its facade hang here beside the original plans. Munkácsy, Lotz and Zichy all lay in state in the ceremonial hall, and Imre Nagy and his fellow martyrs of 1956 were mourned on the outer steps in 1989, the opening act of the change of political system. The Academy of Arts has run the house since 2014. Ticketed.

Dates and times

• 7 November to 17 JanuaryTuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, Thursday 12:00 to 20:00, closed Mondays, last entry at 17:30 and at 19:30 on Thursdays

Getting there