Bálint Balassa Museum

The Bálint Balassa Museum of the Hungarian National Museum is more than just an exhibition space welcoming visitors. As one of the county’s museums with the largest collection areas, its mission is the research, study, processing and preserving of the area’s traditions and heritage, besides playing a highly important role in Esztergom’s cultural life.

Its vast and complex collection includes pieces of fine art, archaeological finds, ethnographic relics, a unique ship model collection, an arms collection, fine furniture, as well as the city-owned, several-thousand-volume Helischer book collection, managed by the museum. All these exceptional pieces serve as source for the museum’s exhibitions of history, archaeology, ethnography and literary history, and for showcasing the lives and work of historical figures, poets, writers and artists who played important roles in the city’s life.

In 2014, thanks to a public contract, the institution was extended with a new exhibition space, presenting an extraordinary selection of the museum’s treasures, the Spectacle Collection, which succeeds the former permanent collection. This special new compilation incorporates exceptional pieces and finds, honouring the work of former generations.

The building is also a home to presentations, meetings of the museum’s friends, and through guided tours, school sessions and craft activities we invite visitors to actively engage in the cultural heritage, the monuments and the traditions of Esztergom.

Several pieces of the collection are regularly on loan in other cultural institutions, which also illustrates the museum’s material wealth.

Opening hours and further detailed information: Balassa Bálint Museum