The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary

The Matra Museum consists of the former Mansion of the Orczy family, a 2 hectares historic garden and a Natural History Pavilion. In the mansion shown the mammoth skeleton. In the main building of the museum four permanent exhibitions can be visited: hunting history, local history, minerals, fossils. Natural History Pavilion - There you can see the permanent exhibition of natural history.

The treasury of Saint Bertalan parish-church in Gyongyos is the second richest ecclesiastic collection in Hungary. Not only goldsmith works of great artistic value, goblets, soled crosses, shrines and images of the Lord are preserved in the treasury, but other objects, pictures, books, vestments and statues.

The monastery library - unique in the country, besides Pannonhalma has been standing on the same place since its foundation - can be found in the biggest Hungarian monastery of the Franciscan order of Gyongyos. A permanent exhibition on the life of the Franciscan Order can be visited in the entrance hall of the library.

The theatre with the longest history of today’s Hungary is the Miskolc National Theatre, and the history and careers of its actors are documented and displayed at the Museum of Theatre History and Acting, available to the public. The memorial place of deceased Miskolc actors and actresses was the location of the first stone theatre performing in Hungarian for 2 decades, starting from 1823.

Egri Road – Beatles Museum is located in the heart of the historic town of Eger. Guests can get a glimpse of the life and career of the band by up-to-date technical solutions. Newsreels are played and the songs of the band can be listened to, whereas contemporary publications, garments and rarities are displayed. Games and photo-taking activities take the visitors back to the legendary sixties.