Ásványmúzeum
Mineral Museum, or Ásványmúzeum, opened in 1986 in the centre of Siófok, and it still frames its story around private collecting rather than state extraction. It is run as a private museum with the Hungarian National Heritage label, a protection granted in 1986 and later renewed and extended in 2016. Inside, you encounter 3,000 pieces from a total collection of 12,000, with minerals that heavily represent the Carpathian Basin. The displays include notable material linked to Transylvanian mining areas, alongside objects from distant regions of the world. The museum’s collecting history runs through the Kövecses family, gathering minerals for four generations. …
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