The first part of our exhibition represents the period between 1780-1873. By this time Pest, Buda and Óbuda were real great towns, centers of the country, and a patriotic civilian culture had already been formed. The relics of this period were systematicall collected by the Capital Museum.

Signboards used to function as adverts. They used the logos and symbols of various societies and companies. Hungarian signboards were remained right back from the 16th centuries, but they became more widespread in our towns mostly in the 19th century.