Besides the exhibitions presenting the history of Budapest, visitors can also see reconstructed sections, and Gothic sculptures from the Mediaeval Royal Palace.

Temporary exhibition:

Freedom Fight 1849
The Glorius Spring Campaign

Budapest History Museum
(From 20 March till 30 June 2009)

The display of eight important and still unknown rich and constantly increasing private collections reveal to us new aspects of the glorious period of the 1848-49 freedom fight and the spring campaign of 1849. The majority of weapons, relics, documents, graphic works and paintings are not to be found in public collections. The several hundred objects selected are being shown to the public in order to give a better knowledge of one of the greatest period of Hungarian history on the occasion of its anniversary. At the same time this is an excellent opportunity to continue the tradition started at the founding of Hungarian museums: that the treasures of private collections would be displayed in museums. Beside the exhibition of the Budapest History Museum and the National Museum five county museums exhibit the collections in two different routes. The final scene is the Arad Museum joining for the first time to a Hungarian series of exhibitions organized in the memory of the freedom fight of 1848-49. The uniform design draws attention to local specialities resulting in a series of events having the positive message of the example of the national union 160 years before.
From among the rich collection the Norbert Máday’s  is the most outstanding. The other collections give a special selection concentrating on the different types of relics. These objects remind us of the events and at the same time are brilliant pieces of artworks themselves.
The Budapest History Museum is the scene of the greatest battle of the spring campaign, the recapture of Buda, while the National Museum is the starting place of the 1848 March revolution. The starting place in the country is Szolnok, the scene of the first glorious battle. Debrecen is among the most important places of Hungarian history, where the declaration of independence was issued. The other county museums in Kiskunfélegyháza, Székesfehérvár, Békéscsaba and finally Arad in Romania all represent their connections to the events.
For the first time relics of the Arad Museum can be seen in Budapest as well as pieces of the Transylvanian Panorama coming from the Tarnów Museum, Poland.

More information:
http://www.historynet.com/hungarys-war-of-independence.htm

Opening hours:
10.00-18.00 1 March - 31 October (Closed: Tue)
10.00-18.00 after 19 March (open
every day)

Website: http://www.btm.hu

Budapest Card Discount: 20%