Herman Ottó Museum

„We are travelling in memories”

The Herman Ottó Museum preserves, collects and makes memories itself. The museum's visitors can collect their own memories by exploring the knowledge in the different exhibition halls or by the many different forms of entertainment based on them. If museum-goers are in the mood for quiet observation, they can gaze at centuries-old paintings on the walls, play theatre and dress up in costumes, indulge in contemporary art or dive millions of years into the past to see natural wonders and prehistoric curiosities.

Pannonian Sea Museum

The permanent exhibitions of the Pannon Sea Museum are waiting for children and adults alike as a real natural scientific playground. The exhibition called „On the paths of primeval forests” takes the museum-goers to a trip into an ancient world full of secrets. Two floors of archaeological findings and authentic illustrations reveal the history of the Miocene era. Through playful and interactive experiences, visitors can also become part of the 7-million-year-old world of the marsh Cyprus that is long gone. In Dinosaurs Land museum-goers will be taken to the Mesozoic era, the world of dinosaurs. The everyday life of the prehistoric animals can be experienced through the SAURUCARIA expedition's time travel, based on a unique "steampunk" visual world. The Minerals of the Carpathians permanent exhibition displays the minerals of the mountain system, by geographical breakdown, over an area of about 140 m2, through a thousand selected pieces.

Available services: guided tours in Hungarian and foreign languages for pre-registered groups, museum educational sessions, tablet guide rental, wedding photography, room rental

Herman Ottó Museum Art Gallery

The Herman Ottó Museum Picture Gallery is one of the richest fine art attractions not only in the region, but also in the whole country. In the exhibition „The Secret and the Public”, visitors are symbolically greeted by two art collectors, Dr. Sándor Petró and István Kövesi. You can gain an insight into the history of art collecting and the everyday life of collectors. The exhibition displays the work of artists like Károly Lotz, Izsák Perlmutter, Lajos Gulácsy, József Koszta, József Rippl-Rónai, István Csók, József Egry, Béla Czóbel, János Vaszary, Vilmos Aba-Novák and István Szőnyi. The Miskolc Anno exhibition takes visitors back to Miskolc in the peacetime between the two world wars. The exhibition focuses on the preceding years of the dualism era and on the history of Miskolc between 1920 and 1940. It shows visitors the old townscape that has been lost in the mists of time as the modern city has developed.

Available services: guided tours for pre-registered groups, audio guide rental, museum educational sessions, creative team games

Miskolc Art Gallery

The Miskolc Gallery has four different locations in the city centre of Miskolc. In addition to the exhibitions (National Graphic Triennial, Winter Exhibition) and series of thematic events, contemporary Hungarian and foreign artists and artistic groups exhibit in the more than 300 square metres of the Rákóczi House. In its well- acoustically designed halls and Mediterranean-style outdoor courtyard, it houses academic conferences, arts promotion programmes and co-arts events. The work of the internationally recognised graphic artist Lajos Szalay is exhibited in a separate building in the Petró House, where the Lajos Szalay Research Centre and Library is operated as an important venue for research work. The work of graphic artist Gyula Feledy can be seen in the Feledy House (3 Deák Square).

In 1987, the Gallery's Creative House was established in the old art colony (22 Csabai Gate), where an art colony, art open school and talent development programmes are operated in the graphic design workshops and studios, welcoming artists and guests from both Hungary and abroad all year round.

Available services: guided tours for pre-registered groups, museum educational sessions, wedding photography, rental of exhibition space and courtyard, Summer Art School.

Museum of Theatrical History and Acting, Thália House

As a part of the Gallery, the permanent exhibition in the Museum of Theatrical History and Acting (Thália House, 3 Déryné Street), covers the history of acting in Miskolc through two centuries, from the age of touring theatre to the present day. Its temporary exhibitions are a selection of current events from the contemporary theatrical world. In the building, which is located on the site of the first stone theatre of the present day Hungary, the audience can not only recall the history of acting in Miskolc, pay tribute to the memory of the great theatre artists of the past, but also get to know the characteristics of the experimental art of the co-arts, mail art, take a backstage look thanks to a scenic exhibition and enjoy contemporary literature in the workshop of the local art magazine. Children are entertained by a theatre storytelling and puppet theatre sessions. The more adventurous guests can go on a theatrical wander around the city in the footsteps of acting legends like Déryné and the Latabars.

Available services: guided tour for pre-registered groups, museum educational sessions, creative team games, dressing up in costumes, wedding photography, "Birthday in the Museum of Theatrical History and Acting ", team building training

Herman Ottó Heritage House, Pele House

The museum in Miskolc was named after Ottó Herman in 1953. The scientist, known as the "last polyhistor", was strongly associated with the city and the Bükk Mountains. Ottó Herman and his wife, Kamilla Borosnyay, welcome visitors to their former summer cottage, the Pele House. Breaking away from the usual biographical approach to heritage houses, the exhibition presents the everyday life of the cozy summer cottage and the natural wonders to be discovered. The exhibition lets the visitor into the life, moods and everyday moments of a summer cottage, bringing the summers of Ottó Herman and Kamilla Borosnyay in Lillafüred very close to the time of today.

Available services: guided tour for pre-registered groups, museum educational sessions, creative sessions, team building training, organizing hiking tours, courtyard for rent (with a wood-fired oven)

Archaeological Repository

The Herman Ottó Museum has 12 collection units, of which the archaeological one is the largest with 3 million archaeological pieces. An original black and white photograph and a yellowed newspaper article gave the impetus for the creation of an unusual exhibition in the city's rust belt, the warehouse, which is now permanently on display as the Archaeological Repository, entitled Findings from the Earth, with special findings from all archaeological periods. The 2,700 objects in the exhibition provide an interactive and experiential way to learn about the past, while the wealth of handheld artefacts and replicas on display also allows you to discover the parallels between history and today.

Available services: guided tours for pre-registered groups, museum educational sessions

Miskolc Art Gallery - Feledy House

The Feledy House located in Deák Ferenc Square host the rearranged permanent exhibition of graphic artist Gyula Feledy.

Gyula Feledy, a Kossuth Prize-holder graphic artist from Sajószentpéter, worked in Miskolc, was a pioneer of his time, especially with his reproduction graphic work.

The gallery's exhibition in Feledy House offers visitors a representative overview of these works. The exhibition has been open to lovers of graphic art since 1988.

Open by prior appointment from Tuesday to Friday between 9 am and 4 pm. To book in advance, at least one day before the planned visit, call 06-70-417-2148.

The building is only heated by a temperature control system, please take this into consideration when planning your visit.

Miskolc Art Gallery - Petró House

An affiliated institution of the Miskolc Art Gallery, the exhibition area known as Petró House was built in 1927. The owner of the building, Sándor Petró, was a famous doctor who ran a nationally renowned, modern private medical practice. This practice provided the basis for his art collecting activities.

The doctor left a rich legacy, which has enriched the collection of the Herman Ottó Museum.

The residential building is now the property of the city. The building was converted from a ground floor building into a one-storey building with a loft, based on the plans of architect Pál Krisztik. The first exhibition was opened in 1992.

The Szalay Collection, a permanent exhibition of drawings by Lajos Szalay, is housed in the exhibition space known as the Petró House. Since September 2008, the upstairs has been home to the Nagy Kunst Museum of Contemporary Art Studies.

Miskolc Art Gallery - Rákóczi House

Today, the Miskolc Art Gallery's central building is located in Miskolc's first storey house, a former baroque mansion, which houses interesting temporary exhibitions and permanent exhibitions of contemporary Miskolc artists and the work of Béla Kondor.

Since 1996, its exhibition halls have hosted periodic exhibitions of nationally outstanding excellence, such as the National Graphic Biennale and the Winter Exhibition.

The building was named after Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II, who stayed in the mansion on several occasions. The Rákóczi House - formerly known as the Dőry Mansion - was once the first building in the city to have a storey.

Thália House Theatre History and Actors Museum

The Herman Ottó Museum and the Miskolc Art Gallery opened their doors in the autumn of 1996 on the site of the first theatre in Miskolc, built in 1823, to present the two centuries of acting in Miskolc and Hungary.

The exhibits on display recall the beginnings of acting in Miskolc, the operation and modernisation of the second stone theatre, which was opened in 1857.

The largest unit of the exhibition presents the last half century of the theatre in one large room. The space here recreates the world of the stage. You can also feel what it's like to stand on the "planks that mean the world".

Objects, tools and artist's drawings on display give you a behind-the-scenes experience. You can try on costumes and see a real light organ.

The museum also rotates temporary exhibitions related to the world of theatre.

Museum education sessions for children are available on request.