Museum of Hungarian Agriculture

The Hungarian Agricultural Museum, known until 1950 as the Royal Hungarian Agricultural Museum, is one of the most important museums in Budapest and a national specialized museum. It is located in the 14th district of the capital, in City Park (Városliget). Every year, several hundred thousand people visit the museum. According to some sources, it has the largest collection on agricultural history in Europe and is probably the world's first agricultural museum. Over the years, the museum has showcased its holdings of 39 specialized collections in permanent exhibitions as well as annually changing temporary exhibitions. In 2016, the collection was estimated to include more than 400,000 objects and documents. It can rightly be considered “the richest public collection of Hungarian rural life.” The museum organizes programs, participates in the Night of Museums and Researchers’ Night, has published specialized literature for decades, and issues numerous book series on agricultural history in addition to individual works. For those wishing to study the objects and documents in more depth, a research service is available. The museum maintains a presence in various electronic media, collaborates with other museums, operates exhibition sites in the countryside, and its library—containing approximately 250,000 volumes and 180,000 periodicals (450,000 inventory items in total, including

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