2025. February 15. Saturday
Hungarian Museum for Science, Technology and Transport - Budapest
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Address: 1101, Budapest Kőbányai út 24-28.
Phone number: (1) 273-3840
E-mail: info@mmkm.hu
Opening hours: A múzeum egész évben zárva tart.
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The exhibition has closed for visitors.
2011.04.29. - 2011.06.12.
You may get acquainted, in this exhibition, John von Neumann's life. He was the one who described the operation principles of the modern computer. You can see the original beautiful objects of applied arts of Neumann's family. You may get familiar with the intellectual surroundings in which the genius was brought up.
![](https://www.museum.hu/images/14/0043_t10611.jpg)
Part of the objects shown in the exhibition (artistic objects from Neumann's parents and grand-parents on his mother's side) are György Selmeczi's property, and will be shown to the wide public for the first time. In the exhibition the visitors may see - owing to the Miksa Roth Memorial House - the richly ornamented stained glass window from the Neumanns former home, along with a number of other interesting relics.
The author of the biographical posters completing the exhibition is Győző Kovács, one of the builders of the first Hungarian computer.
![](https://www.museum.hu/images/14/0043_t10611.jpg)
Part of the objects shown in the exhibition (artistic objects from Neumann's parents and grand-parents on his mother's side) are György Selmeczi's property, and will be shown to the wide public for the first time. In the exhibition the visitors may see - owing to the Miksa Roth Memorial House - the richly ornamented stained glass window from the Neumanns former home, along with a number of other interesting relics.
The author of the biographical posters completing the exhibition is Győző Kovács, one of the builders of the first Hungarian computer.