Hungarian National Museum

Exhibitions > Permanent exhibitions > History of Hungary > Culture and national awareness

	History of Hungary from the foundation of the state to 1990 Middle Ages
	Modern and Contemporary History
	The Rákóczi war of independence
	Hungary in the 18th century
	István Széchenyi and the Reform Age
	The age of revolution and the War of independence and liberation in 1848 and 1849
	Culture and national awareness at the end of the 18th and the first half of the 19th century
	Suffering, compromise, prosperity
	Education, science and culture at the end of the 19th century
	From the "joyous age of peace" to the fall of the Monarchy
	Hungary of Trianon from the election of the governor to the last year of peace
	From the success in territorial revision to the German and Soviet occupation (1938-1945)
	The rise and fall of the communist system in Hungary (1945-1990)
	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
	MMedieval and Early Modern Lapidary
	Roman Lapidary

Culture and national awareness at the end of the 18th and the first half of the 19th century

Room 13

In this exhibition hall, the relics of the contemporary culture, education, results of contemporary science, the institutions representing the national culture and personal items of prominent persons can be seen. The education system in the 18th century, the works of the important characters of the Enlightenment, the history of the neologist movement and the establishment of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are also exhibited. The portraits of the outstanding personalities of Hungarian music and theatre refer to the beginning of the Hungarian dramatic art and the appearance of the first permanent theatre. The selection from the first acquisitions of the Museum denotes the foundation of the first public collection.

Curiosities:

Here we can see the child Mozart's travelling clavichord on which he practiced during his long concert tours.




Insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece