About BHM Castle Museum
The BTM Castle Museum is located in the wing of the former royal palace facing Gellért Hill, in a historic setting.
Visitors can tour the restored rooms of the medieval palace, the former castle chapel and Gothic hall, and see the museum’s unique treasures: the Hungarian-Anjou silk carpet with the coat of arms, the Gothic sculpture of exceptional artistic value, unique in the world, or the marble carvings of King Matthias’ palace.
In addition to the history of the palace, the Castle Museum’s exhibitions also showcase the most important events and personalities in the history of Budapest. How did the Roman provincial centre of Aquincum, and on its ruins the glorious seat of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, come to be, and how was it destroyed during the wars and sieges of the Ottoman period? How did Pest, Buda and Óbuda unite and Budapest become one of the fastest growing metropolises in Central Europe at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries? How did the Second World War destroy the peacetime metropolis and how was Greater Budapest shaped?
All these questions will be answered in the Castle Museum of the Budapest History Museum.
The mission of the BHM Castle Museum
The Castle Museum, located in the former Royal Palace of Buda, the seat of the Budapest History Museum, collects and preserves the archaeological and historical relics of the capital from the conquest of the Hungarian Empire to the end of the Turkish era. As one of the scientific centres of medieval and early modern research in Hungary, its primary task is to protect, research and present the archaeological, historical and artistic heritage of the period, and to carry out archaeological excavations in Budapest.
Its aim is to make the medieval and early modern monuments available to all interested parties in an authentic way, taking into account the latest research findings and professional ethical aspects, and to actively participate in the protection of cultural heritage and the shaping of the future of Budapest. The institution attaches importance to cooperation with local history collections in the district.
The special mission of the Castle Museum is to research the history of the Royal Palace of Buda, a key tourist site, and to present the surviving monuments of the former royal seat to a high standard. The museum’s central role means that it not only hosts permanent exhibitions from the Middle Ages and the early modern period, but also a comprehensive urban history exhibition, which presents the results of a wide range of disciplines from prehistory to the present day, and temporary exhibitions of history and art.