Civitas Fortissima Museum

The Civitas Fortissima Museum in Balassagyarmat is one of the city's museums, which primarily presents the 1919 Balassagyarmat uprising.

History

The Civitas Fortissima Museum was founded by Gábor Matúz. To create the conditions for its implementation, several private individuals from Balassagyarmat also joined. The institution was handed over by Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Administration and Justice, in a ceremonial setting on 28 January 2011, on the eve of the 92nd anniversary of the csehkiverés (the Museum's first exhibition opened in the locally renovated part of the Madách Cinema specifically for this purpose).

In 2015 – as a result of a multi‑sided agreement – the Museum moved to the Huszár villa located at the corner of Ady Endre Road and Széchenyi Street, which received its medieval name from one of its former residents (Huszár Aladár, who performed city commandant duties in the “csehkiverés,” lived here for several years). The villa was purchased and renovated by Ipoly Erdő Zrt., which then made part of it available to the Museum, and it has since been operated by the Balassagyarmat local government.