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Sofia Emily Ellison Sofia Emily Ellison · 07/04/2020
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Art in the age of the coronavirus: 7 virtual spaces of Budapest to explore online

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Hungarian National Gallery

Az agár - Munkácsy Mihály - 1882 Photo: https://www.facebook.com/nemzetigaleria/

During these unprecedented times, museums, galleries, institutions as well as archive databases remain accessible to the public, albeit in a different realm: through the digital sphere. Visitors can browse through myriad works of art, and feats of architecture via the world wide web from the comfort of their homes. 

Here are a few options for your next virtual visit, if you need a quick mental break from your home office routine. 

Hungarian State Opera 

For majestic glimpses of the ceiling and behind the scenes photos, these online spaces offer viewers an insider’s view of this grande building. 

Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

Photo: www.facebook.com/spiceofeurope

For a digital experience, click here!

Museum of Applied Arts 

From glazed jugs to elaborate carpets, and wall plates with peacocks, this collection of materials is unique and idiosyncratic in its make up. 

Photo by Guavin Pictures

For a digital experience, click here!

Hungarian National Museum

Rosaries, egg-shaped flasks, ornamental sabres and silk fans are just a few historical items you can check out, at the link below. 

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/nemzetimuzeum/

For a digital experience, click here!

Museum of Fine Arts 

Check out this 30-minute long exhibition entitled The Call of the East- Japonisme as Reflected in the Prints of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The exhibition highlights Japanese inspired works at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, respectively. 

Museum of Fine Arts Budapest

Photo: Facebook.com/szepmuveszeti/

For a digital experience, click here!

Hungarian National Gallery 

Featured images from the exhibition Variations on Realism- From Munkácsy to Mednyánszky are accessible online on the website of the Hungarian National Gallery. Highlights from other exhibitions are also available, including: From Delacroix to Vasarely – Highlights from the Collection of International Art after 1800. 

Hungarian National Gallery

Image: Pixabay

For a digital experience, click here!

Additionally, the Museum of Ethnography also boasts of fascinating materials from the Hungarian past. In short, these virtual spaces offer viewers a chance to interact with art and architecture available in Budapest, in a virtual way. Art has this fantastic way of transcending time and space. These digital spheres are just broadening these horizons. Happy searching! 

++Bonus:

Hungarian National Digital Archive 

For a digital experience, click here!

For more on the Museum of Ethnography, please see: Museum of Ethnography restores thousands of photographs about Hungarian folk culture

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