Amazing video of the renewed Museum of Fine Arts

The Liget Budapest Project provided an opportunity to renovate the building of the Museum of Fine Arts, which is the most important reconstruction in its history. Construction was finished at the end of 2018. Now, there is a fantastic video showing off the renewed museum in all its glory.

About the reconstruction

The Museum of Fine Arts was going through a complete renovation that started in 2015 and was finished by the end of 2018. Serious budget was allocated to renew the famous Romanesque Hall, which covers about 40% of the entire building, origo reports.

The Romanesque Hall has a floor area of 900 square meters. It has been closed to the public for about 70 years due to the severe damage from the Second World War. The damage was deemed to be unfixable. Thus, the hall was eventually closed and remained that way for 70 years. Over this period, the room has been functioning as storage.

Seventy restorers were working for a whole year on the renewal of the hall’s murals. 1500 l of preservatives, 100 kg of pigments in various colours, and 5.5 kg of gold have been used to renew the 2500 square meter wall in the hall.