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Museum of Hungarian Agriculture
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Museum of Hungarian Agriculture

📍 XIV. kerület, Budapest, 1146🏗 1896-06-20

The Museum of Hungarian Agriculture sits inside Vajdahunyad Castle in City Park, where a building meant for the 1896 Millennium celebrations became permanent. The castle’s original temporary exhibition use began on 1896-06-20, and public pressure helped it avoid demolition after those celebrations. The structure was then torn down three years later because of weak construction, only to be rebuilt by 1908 with sturdier materials—again, driven by demand from visitors and supporters of the project. Long before you reach the galleries, the museum’s scale explains its reputation: it has showcased 39 specialized collections in permanent exhibitions, and in 2016 its holdings were estimated at more than 400,000 objects and documents. It is also known for its library, with approximately 250,000 volumes and 180,000 periodicals—a combined inventory of about 450,000 items when you include related records and media. …

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