Museum of the Hungarian Parliament

The Parliamentary Museum is a nationally specialized museum established by law in Hungary. It collects, preserves and presents to the public the material and documentary memories of the formation and development of Hungarian parliamentarism. The former museum ceased to exist in 1949. The current museum opened to the public on 6 March 2015.

Its tasks, scope of collection

Permanent exhibition on the history of Hungarian legislation, the parliaments, and the development of Hungarian parliamentarism,

exhibition presenting the architecture of the Parliament building and a stone archive,

the memorial site of the 1956 Kossuth Square shooting with its adjoining exhibition,

temporary thematic exhibitions related to parliamentarism, legislation, and national character.

As a research centre, the Parliamentary Museum prepares a digital database covering the material and photographic documentation related to Hungarian parliamentarism, which it makes available for research, education and public enlightenment. It also conducts research in this direction, cooperating with historical and university research institutions.

History

The museum's predecessor was listed in 1949.

Based on the 61/2011. (VII. 13.) OGY decision concerning the reconstruction of Lajos Kossuth Square and the 1185/2012. (VI. 5.) Government decision on the expansion of the Imre Steindl Programme, the implementation of tasks recorded regarding the reconstruction of Kossuth Square continued: the underground garage, the also underground Visitor Centre and Parliamentary Museum, and the arrangement of the square's surface.