About the Museum

The Hungarian Agricultural Museum, known until 1950 as the Royal Hungarian Agricultural Museum, is one of the most important museums in Budapest and a national specialized museum. It is located in the 14th district of the capital, in City Park (Városliget). Every year, several hundred thousand people visit the museum. According to some sources, it has the largest collection on agricultural history in Europe and is probably the world's first agricultural museum. Over the years, the museum has showcased its holdings of 39 specialized collections in permanent exhibitions as well as annually changing temporary exhibitions. In 2016, the collection was estimated to include more than 400,000 objects and documents. It can rightly be considered “the richest public collection of Hungarian rural life.” The museum organizes programs, participates in the Night of Museums and Researchers’ Night, has published specialized literature for decades, and issues numerous book series on agricultural history in addition to individual works. For those wishing to study the objects and documents in more depth, a research service is available. The museum maintains a presence in various electronic media, collaborates with other museums, operates exhibition sites in the countryside, and its library—containing approximately 250,000 volumes and 180,000 periodicals (450,000 inventory items in total, including other digital media)—is the most significant collection of agricultural historical literature in Hungary. The museum is housed in Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest, originally built as a temporary exhibition site for the Millennium celebrations in 1896 and, due to public pressure, was not demolished afterward. Three years later, it had to be torn down because of weak construction but was rebuilt by 1908 from sturdier materials, again due to public demand. Ignác Alpár, the original designer, created the final plans to ensure the future building complex met all museum requirements. According to reports from June 2025, the museum is planned to move from Vajdahunyad Castle to Gödöllő Castle by 2029.