The Night of Museums this weekend

Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu writes that the Night of Museums this Saturday is an event to enchant visitors, among others, by introducing the National Museum’s everyday and historical heroes, light paintings, the dance school of the ‘50s, and lots of music. Aside the National Museum an amazing lot of museums await visitors this weekend all over the country.

For the 13^th time this year the Night of Museums, organized by the Ministry of Human Capacities, is being held all over the country, in order to educate and entertain people at the same time, giving a surely extraordinary experience to the visitors who spend the night in one (or more) museum(s).

As it can be read on the official website of the event, the aim is to show how museums are not only about the past, but about opening for the present and the future. They are filled with works of art by which visitors can get an insight into how wonderful the world is, as arts illustrate the diversity and richness of the world worth to experience, and show how humans are full of surprises and worth to get to know.

This year the theme is Heroes, explorers, innovators (Hősök, felfedezők, újítók), and the highlighted venue is the city of Kecskemét, the birth place of József Katona, Hungarian dramatist, writer of Bánk bán. Thus, at the several locations of the event visitors may meet the heroes and become the explorers themselves, as only in Budapest more than two dozen museums offer about 80 programmes for everyone interested.

For instance, the National Museum awaits guests with several exhibitions, such as the Treasure of our nation (“Nemzetünk kincse”) exhibition, the Dance school a la ‘50s: Rock and Roll, slow fox, quickstep, jive and tango, the Heroes, heroic power of art, cult of heroes (“HŐSök, a művészet (H)ŐSI ereje, HŐSkultusz) guided tour, and many more interesting programmes.

Among other wonderful locations in Budapest, the 102-year old Danubius Hotel Astoria also prepares for the event with a walk and exhibition in the historical building, plus a buffet dinner called the Conquest in gastronomy (Honfoglalás a gasztronómiában) is prepared as well.

Moreover, the House of Terror will be too participating in the Night with its fix programmes and special ones, such as the 1956 for freedom and independence (“1956 a szabadságért és a függetlenségért”) outdoor exhibition, as well. Besides, rare documentaries, including the film of the life of Ferenc Puskás (“Játsszunk nyugodtan”) will be screened.