Night of the Museums on this weekend

Gróf Széchenyi István said ’The nation’s power relies on the educated people’. Thirteen years ago, the Night of the Museum organizers had wanted to increase the cultural entertainments for the educated people. Education cannot be only restricted to secondary school programs and university lectures. People should have an interesting night when they can visit their favorite museums a little different: this night is the Night of the Museums. This event is organized around the county on 20th June. It starts at 6 o’clock in the afternoon. – said muzej.hu.

More than one hundred museum and institutes will be open in Budapest and ca. 200 cities have joined to this movement. Besides the museums, visitors can walk in to the castles, zoos, baths, etc. ; therefore, all members of the family can find the program in which they are interested in. There are numerous programs during this night and thanks for the thousands of experts visitors can enjoy the exhibitions of the museums, filled with interesting information about a certain work.

This year’s Night of the Museums specialty is that it focuses on one city and topic: ‘Eger a mi magyar győzelmi jelképünk’ (Eger is the symbol for our Hungarian victory). Transylvania is a living location for the national consciousness. A lot of museums which take part in this movement have prepared an extra program which is connected to Transylvania.

The hundreds of museum which are open this night can be seen at muzej.hu. The tickets for adults are 1500 forints and 600 forints for children around Budapest. In other cities the ticket prices may vary.

Based on the article muzej.hu
Translated by Andrea Tóth

Photo: MTI

Source: muzej.hu