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Museum of Ethnography getting a new building
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The northern wing of the new Ethnographic Museum will fulfill social functions. The southern wing, in the meantime, will include offices, an Ethnographic Archive, a library and research rooms, according to Pestbuda.hu.
The Ethnographic Museum will have a new building in the OMRRK (National Museum Restoration and Storage Center) in Szabolcs Street.
The building in Kossuth Square will be closed soon, so the museum will move to the OMRRK. Most of the collection will be transferred to the warehouse in Szabolcs Street, and it will be center for restoration works. The ground level of OMMRK will be open to visitors, as it will be the place for larger objects — like carts — of the collection.
An additional, partly underground ethnographic building will be constructed on the Ötvenhatosok tere. The northern wing will serve social purposes with a visiting center on the ground floor, a children’s museum on the first floor, and some event halls on the top. The southern wing will contain offices, the Ethnographic Archive, a library and research rooms. The underground passage connecting the two wings will have exhibitions all along.
The chief manager of the Ethnographic museum claimed that the ceramic collection — containing 35,000 pieces — is one of the most significant attractions of the museum, so it will be available for free in the stairway.
The ceramic halls — including interactive items — will lead visitors from one wing to the other.
The new permanent exhibition will have much more space. It will be divided into three-four units based on a certain common topic. The exhibition will mix Hungarian and international items according to an inner logic based on the reaction to each other.
Director Lajos Kemecsi emphasized that the building will use the most modern solutions. A smartphone application is being made for the exhibition, the program made for administration will be cope with the moving to the new place and will be also able to create virtual exhibitions later. The usage of touchable materials, smart cases and new solutions that help manual experience is also among the plans.