Hungarian Natural History Museum
Fun & Exciting for the Whole family

The Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest has exciting and educational temporary exhibitions every year.

Basic Information on the Natural History Museum, Budapest

Getting to the Natural History Museum is easy either by public transport or by car. If you're going to use public transport take the M3 (blue metro) and get off at Klinikák or at Nagyvárad tér stations.

By car you have drive along Üllői road and turn off at There's a spacious free parking area by the side of Üllői út or you can leave your car in the museum's parking lot.

Opening hours: 10.00-17.00, closed on Tuesdays

Entrance fees:

Permanent exhibitions:

Temporary exhibitions:

Photo ticket: 400 HUF

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Hungarian Natural History Museum - Amazing Displays at Every Corner

The display area of Hungarian Natural History Museum occupies 5000 square meters so devote at least a couple of hours to visiting museum the because not only the temporary exhibits but the permanent exhibitions promise interesting

At the netrance of the Natural History Museum in Budapest a stone park greets the visitors. The rocks weigh a couple of tons and they relate the Earth's geological history stretching back several million years.

After stepping in the modern building of the museum a giant skeleton of a 2-ton fin whale draw the eye upwards. The well-preserved remains of the animal is hanging up in the air of the main hall of the museum fitted at 10 points to a specifically assembled wooden beam structure. This specimen displayed in the Natural History Museum in Budapest was captured in the Atlantic Ocean in 1896 during the heyday of industrial-scale whaling. The burn marks on the skull was caused by a fire in 1958. The bone structure weighs 2000 kg out which the skull alone measures around 1000 kg.

After admiring the skeleton steps lead you down to the main hall where you can purchase your tickets. Here you'll find a mineral shop, a gift shop. The lavatories are next to the glass doors leading to the exhibition halls. While queuing in fron of the ticket boxes take a look at the tiles covering the walls. Some of the tiles are in fact stone reliefs

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Ice Age (Jégkorszak)
- A Spectacular & Interactive Exhibition

From 2nd April to 17th November 2008 the Ice Age temporary exhibition is the main attraction in the museum.

Besides focusing on the era of the last ice age the exhibition also explains the facts behind global warming highlighting the responsibility of human activity.

This is a great informative display that helps children understand scientific phenomena related to climatic changes by using hands-on tools like touch screen monitors showing migration of animals during the glacial periods.

There're several television sets running short documentary films about various topics pertaining to the ice age and the natural history of our planet.

The board games engage even smaller kids

The star of the diplay is however Gyima, the mummified body of a 40,000-old baby mammoth found in Russia in 1977. A gold-miner came across the finding in the frozen, upper layers of the Kolyma river in Siberia. The 6-7-month old calf had probably fallen into a deep pit and was unable to climb out.

Hunger and the freezing temperature caused its death. After the discovery the corpse was taken to the Zoological Institute in Leningrad when it was researched.

Since 1980 Gyima was exhibited in several countries: USA, Japan, Germany, France, Finland and Korea. Now you can see it, too in the Hungarian Natural Museum in Budapest as the highlight of the Ice Age exhibition.

Besides the mammoth calf you can see other long-extinct animals of the glacial era like saber-toothed tiger, wooly rhinos, giant deers.

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Before reaching the Ice Age exhibition you walk through a beautiful coral reef display arranged under 122 square meter glass floor.

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With Teeth - With Claw The World of Mammal Predators

The display in the main exhibition hall provides a glimpse into the life of predators that always triggered awe and fear in humans.

Texts in Hungarian and English tell you about the main characteristics of these fearful animals including description of their habitats. The exhibit can be seen until 17th Novemeber, 2008.

Hungarian Grey - Photo Exhibition
(until 28.07.2008.)

Large scale photos highlighting the Hungarian grey cattle and showing various aspects of life in the Hungarian Puszta.

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Birds of the Carpathian Basin - Temporary Exhibit
Date: 21st April-17th December 2008

The exhibition, which is structured according to taxonomic order of the species - introduces the world of birds living in the Carpathian basin.

Man & Nature in Hungary - Permanent Exhibition of the Hungarian Natural History Museum

The historical-ecological show focuses on the relationship between man and his natural ecosystem, in the Carpathian Basin.

The exhibit on 800 square meters tell us how men exploited natural resources while altering and often causing serious damages to the environment.

Besides demonstrating the facts and the consequences of human activity the exhibition identifies possible solutions to preserve natural ecological systems.

A great enlightening exhibition recommended to both grown ups and children.

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