Hungarian National Museum

Exhibitions > Permanent exhibitions > History of Hungary > Hungary of Trianon

	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

Hungary of Trianon from the election of the governor to the last year of peace

Room 17

The room presents the events and aspirations of the divided country. The most significant politicians are Governor Miklós Hothy and the István Bethlen the Prime Minister, who was able to consolidate the country after the Trianon Treaty. The movement of the populist writers is a very important cultural event in the 1930s, and the paintings by Rippl-Rónai and Vasary indicate the new ways emerging in Hungarian visual arts.

Curiosities:

	A slice of bread with drippings with paprika on it started the series of experiments that resulted in a Nobel Prize. Albert Szent-Györgyi, the discoverer of vitamin C, donated his Nobel Prize to the Museum.
	Between 1931 and 1938 132 talking pictures were made, many of which were a hit abroad. The newsreels shown before the films were effective tools of government propaganda.

Room 18

The interior design of a contemporary elementary school and a movie theatre try to revive the atmosphere of the era.
The modern kitchen tools - water boiler, refrigerator - are the indicators of changes in the life of urban middle class, as they made kitchen work easier.

Curiosities:

	An English aristocrat launched a sympathy movement for Hungary's territorial revision; moreover he wanted his son to be crowed king.
	Elementary schools, classrooms and teacher's homes built under Kúnó Klebersberg's ministry enabled many peasant children to go to school.