National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre — Attraction in Budapest

I visited the Cast Collection during the 2023 European Cultural Heritage Days, free of charge. The visit was possible without registration, on one of the two days (Sunday) between 10 am and 3:30 pm. I understood that you could normally visit on Sundays between 12:30 and 13:30 and the normal/adult ticket price is 2400 Huf. You have to leave your bag in the cloakroom, which is a room with lockers that can be used free of charge. Unfortunately, the toilet facilities are not easily accessible, but you have to ask staff to take you there!!! Apart from this, the exhibition is new and very well curated, with panels written both in Hungarian and English. Pictures are allowed and staff is welcoming and helpful.

A Selection from the Cast Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts

As a result of a project to restore the plaster cast collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, one part of the collection is on display at the visible storage of the National Museum Conservation and Storage Center in Budapest.

Copies of over 300 ancient, medieval, and Renaissance works can be studied here related to architectural sculpture. A large section provides an overview of archaic, classical and late classical sculptures, reliefs, and architectural elements associated with ancient Greek sanctuaries and temples. The other part of the exhibition represents later periods including copies of some Hungarian works alongside statues and architectural elements from French and German medieval cathedrals, as well as the Renaissance...

The plaster cast exhibition/study magazine is going to be so great and useful - visitors will see plaster casts of ancient sculptures not found...

Mi csak a C épületben voltunk. Állítólag ez az “ étterem”. Rendezvénytérnek tűnik, de annak is közepes. Majdnem üres, csúnya asztalokkal ès székekkel. Büfé nincsen, konyha nem tudom van-e benne. Sajnos ez is egy funkciót nem találó , szépen, gondolom sok pénzünkből...