Some of the typical forms and characteristics of the Northern houses can be observed. They were made up of a room, a kitchen and a chamber. A furnace fed from the outside heated the room. The open furnace was in the corner in the kitchen. The smoke left the room through the open chimney.

With the help of dioramas, the visitors may peep in the world of wide waters, forests and animals that mostly appear at night. The typical plants and invertebrates of the forests are displayed in showcases. We show lots of beautiful photos, maps, and graphics as well.

Its builders and owners, the Kompolti family, descendents of the Aba clan, lived in the castle for many centuries. The end of the family line in the sixteenth century signaled the castle's fall from grace. The ruins show all the characteristics of fifteenth century aristocratic castles having a palace, chapel, and living and service buildings protected by two rings of fortifications. The walls of the fourteenth century chapel still stand, betraying evidence of several previous building operations. The church was once surrounded by a graveyard and several gravestones can still be seen.

The bishopric of Veszprém is presumably the oldest of the ten episcopacies founded by Saint Stephen. It definitely existed in 1001. According to medieval sources, the Cathedral of Veszprém was founded by Queen Gizella, who came from Bavaria.

The monument building of the museum stands near the town center, under house number 11 Dózsa György Rd. On its classicist front wall, above the wrought iron gate, there reads the year of its building: 1827. During the reform era the Zemplén Casino Society operated here, which gathered the progressive intellectuals of the county and the town. The building served as the local council between 1894 and 1950. The museum moved to its present place in 1990.

The village of Elek had been populated before the Original Settlement. The first document it was mentioned in dated in 1232. During Ottoman Hungary, the village was depopulated. After the Ottoman left, just as it happened to a number of other habitats, Elek was methodically repopulated.

The first museum showing the oeuvre of the artist couple Imre Ámos and Margit Anna opened in 1984 in Szentendre. The Management of the Museums of Pest County acquired the artworks as the donation of Margit Anna, in his lifetime. The aim and condition of the donation was preserving memories of Imre Ámos who disappeared from a work camp during WWII.