Budapest's New Ethnographic Museum Opens in City Park
On May 23, 2022, Budapest celebrated the opening of the new headquarters for the Museum of Ethnography, a project by architect Ferencz Marcel and NAPUR studio. This facility is the first purpose-built ethnographic museum and boasts a striking facade adorned with half a million tiles, alongside a green roof covering 7,000 square meters. The museum, now three times the size of its former site, is home to 250,000 artifacts from the Carpathian Basin and beyond, with its origins tracing back to 1872. Director Lajos Kemecsi emphasized its evolution into a premier ethnographic institution. Part of the Liget Budapest Project, the building includes public spaces and conservation areas, although plans for more galleries are currently on hold due to environmental issues.
Key facts
- Museum of Ethnography Budapest opened May 23, 2022
- Designed by NAPUR studio / Ferencz Marcel
- Facade has 500,000 tiles with ethnographic motifs
- Green roof: 7,000 sqm with 2,000 plants
- Collection: 250,000 objects from Carpathian Basin and worldwide
- First permanent home since institution founded in 1872
- Part of Liget Budapest Project, Europe's largest urban cultural development
- New National Gallery by SANAA stalled due to ecological concerns
Entities
Artists
- Ferencz Marcel
- Sou Fujimoto
Institutions
- Museum of Ethnography Budapest
- NAPUR studio
- Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- National Museum Restoration and Storage Centre
- Olof Palm House
- House of Music Hungary
- New National Gallery
- House of Hungarian Innovation
- SANAA
- Liget Budapest Project
Locations
- Budapest
- Hungary
- Felvonulási tér
- Carpathian Basin