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On May 16th and 17th, the Hungarian National Museum will organize the 29th Museums Festival, in which 104 institutions from all over the country will participate. Those interested can expect walks in the museum garden, family programs and concerts.
At the 29th Museums' May Festival, you can not only get to know the 104 museums and exhibition spaces that will be relocated to the Museum Garden, but there will also be interactive presentations, guided tours, discussions and community experiences - the Hungarian National Museum highlights in a statement.
The event will begin on Saturday with an opening ceremony and the presentation of the Museum of the Year 2026 award. Medea Sógor Ekner, Director General of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), will also participate in the festival and will greet the participants in Hungarian at the opening.
This year, the motto of World Museum Day, which is associated with the Museums' May Festival and celebrated all over the world, is: museums connect a divided world. One of the goals of the event is to show that museums are not just exhibition spaces, but also living community spaces that truly connect everyone through our stories, memories and values.
Colourful Programs at the Museums' May Festival
The programs of the Museum Garden include the Hungarian Museum of Natural History’s guided walk titled Urban Wilderness, which introduces the world of animals living in urban environments. Visitors can also participate in the Semmelweis Museum of Medical History’s guided walk titled Museum Garden and Medicine.
On Sunday, in addition to the program of the Hungarian Museum of Natural History and the Semmelweis Museum of Medical History, visitors are also invited to the Petőfi Literature Museum event. The museum is organizing a city walk titled A Terrible Power, where participants can learn about Mór Jókai and the history of the Danube floods.
The building will host craft workshops throughout the weekend, and the organizers are also preparing an auction for children, a family guided tour with a medieval theme, and several museum education programs.
At the Museum of Applied Arts’ interactive museum education workshop titled Scented Historical Walk, participants can walk through the museum’s 19th-century rooms and recall the atmosphere of the turn of the century with the help of scents and objects, and on Sunday, a guided tour titled Storytelling Objects – Stories of the 19th Century will be held.
The music program of the Museums' May Festival will include performances by children’s and youth groups, the Pénzügyőr Orchestra, and the Chemical Singers.
The Museum Garden will host presentations by participating museums from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The National Museum building and its exhibitions are free to visit during the event. The Museum Garden is open from 6 am to 9 pm, the museum from 10 am to 6 pm. Some of the programs require prior registration.
The detailed program can be found on the museum's website.
Source: MTI.hu
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