Óbuda Museum

The Óbuda Museum is a museum operating in Budapest District III. Its sponsor is the Budapest III. District Óbuda-Békásmegyer Municipality.

Address

1033 Budapest, Fő tér 1. Entrance from the Szentlélektér side, opposite the Holy Trinity statue.

Background

On 1 January 1873, as the first local and settlement history museum of the united capital, the Óbuda Árpád Museum opened its doors in 1927 in Óbuda, at 10 Kiskorona Street. The museum was organized by Edgár Palóczi in the building of the then civic boys' school, and its material was completely destroyed during the Second World War.

History of the present Óbuda Museum and Library

The predecessor of the present Óbuda Museum was created in 1973 on the 100th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Óbuda. Its name was Óbudai Helytörténeti Gyűjtemény. Between 1973 and 1994 the institution was first part of the Óbuda Cultural Center, then part of the Óbuda Community Circle, and in 1994 it became independent under the name Óbudai Helytörténeti Gyűjtemény. In 1996 the Collection was declared a museum by the Ministry of Culture’s Department of Public Collections, under the name Óbuda Museum.

On 1 April 2008 the district municipality merged the Óbuda Museum and the Platán Library, under the name Óbuda Museum and Library.

Since 1 January 2012 the former Textile Museum in the Lajos Street building operates as a branch of the institution, under the name Goldberger Textile Collection.