Nagytétényi Kastélymúzeum
Nagytétényi Kastélymúzeum isn’t a typical castle visit—it’s a furniture museum housed in the Száraz-Rudnyánszky Palace, a Baroque jewel built between 1743 and 1751 on the site of a much older Gothic residence. You’ll find it at Kastélypark utca 9-11, in the 22nd district, where the palace stands as one of Hungary’s finest Baroque monuments, designed by András Mayerhoffer and commissioned by Baron József Rudnyánszky with Julianna Száraz. Today the building belongs to the Museum of Applied Arts, and since 1949 it has showcased Hungarian and foreign furniture, ceramics, and glass. The palace has a dramatic history: after a 1904 fire it lost much interior detail, endured World War II damage, and was repurposed as a museum in 1948, with reconstruction to follow in the 1950s. A major restoration round began in 1997, and the palace reopened to the public in 2000. …
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