Pesterzsébeti Múzeum

The Pesterzsébet Museum is located in Budapest's 20th district, at 53 Baross Street.

History

The Pesterzsébet Museum was the first peripheral district museum of Budapest, established in 1951 as a local history collection. Enthusiastic school teachers originally created the basis of the collection in a pantry. As an institution it operated for more than two decades, until 1972, under the direction of the Budapest History Museum. Then the local council received the sponsoring rights, which in 1990 were transferred to the district government. The collection originally operated at 39 Kossuth Lajos Street in the 20th district; in this building, since 1989, the Imre Gaál Gallery has been operating under the Museum's authority. The Museum moved in the 1980s to its present location, the former Bocsák villa at 53 Baross Street in the 20th district. The local history collection housed in the neo‑Gothic villa primarily preserves the material relics of Pesterzsébet and its predecessor settlements, Erzsébetfalva and Kossuthfalva. Among the interesting items are, among others, miniature paintings on the local history theme by Richárd Kadarkuti, material relics of industrial workers, and the memorial room of opera singer Lili Neményi, whose furnishings were donated by the artist herself.