Hungarian National Museum

Exhibitions > Permanent exhibitions > History of Hungary > Driving out the Turkish

	History of Hungary from the foundation of the state to 1990 Middle Ages
	Age of Arpads
	Century of the Anjou rulers
	King Zsigmond and the Hunyadis
	Villages and towns in the second half of the 15th century and at the beginning of the 16th century
	The Age of Matthias Hunyadi, the Jagielloes
	The Turkish Age
	Transylvania and the royal Hungary
	Driving out the Turkish. Aristocratic and urban relics from the 17th century
	Modern and Contemporary History
	Scholar Hungarians who made the 20th century
	On the East-West frontier: History of the people of the Hungarian lands from 400.000 BC to 804 AD
	The coronation mantle
	Medieval and Early Modern Lapidary
	Roman Lapidary

Driving out the Turkish. Aristocratic and urban relics from the 17th century.

Room 8

The age of liberation from the Turkish rule is presented through the arms used in the Turkish as well as in the Christian army, and a gobelin, displayed at the end of the corridor. Under the paintings on the left, the glass cases disclose the main ornaments of the aristocratic attire. On the right, the visitors can study the selected treasures of the Esterházy family and contemporary pieces of furniture, as well as coins from the 16th and 17th century.

Curiosities:

	The Turkish military badge adorned with a horse's tail is called a 'tug'.
	Abdurrahman, the last pasha of Buda, died a heroic death near the present András Hess place.
	Pocket sundials were used in the 17th century.
	George Rákóczy published the New Testament in Romanian, too.




Count Ferenc Nádasdy, lord chef justice (1625-1671)