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2024.07.19. - 2024.10.06.
Budapest
Upcovery
2024.07.11. - 2024.08.31.
Budapest
Best of Diploma
2024.06.14. - 2024.08.25.
Budapest
Antal Vásárhelyi: Living? Spaces
2024.05.24. - 2024.09.15.
Budapest
Kós 140
2024.05.17. - 2024.09.22.
Budapest
Csete
2024.05.11. - 2024.09.15.
Budapest
Local Value
2024.04.20. - 2024.11.24.
Budapest
Márton Nemes: Techno Zen
2023.12.15. - 2024.02.18.
Budapest
Budapest: The First Golden Age
2023.11.16. - 2024.01.21.
Budapest
A Tale of a City
2012.03.01. - 2012.03.31.
Vác
Memorials of the War of Independence of in Vác - Irregular history class - Take a walk in the museum yard
2012.02.01. - 2012.02.29.
Miskolc
Balls, Carnivals on Stage and in History
2012.01.22. - 1970.01.01.
Budapest
Winter Family Matinees at the Railways History Park
2011.10.04. - 1970.01.01.
Nagykáta
Artisan and puppet maker activity group
2011.10.01. - 1970.01.01.
Nagykáta
Lace making activity group
2011.10.01. - 1970.01.01.
Nagykáta
Activity group for making jewellery of horse hair
2011.09.30. - 1970.01.01.
Nagykáta
Wood carvers' activity group
2011.09.30. - 1970.01.01.
Nagykáta
Embroidery activity group
2011.07.04. - 2011.07.08.
Budapest
Thematic Camp
Hungarian Museum for Science, Technology and Transport - Foundry Museum - Budapest
Hungarian Museum for Science, Technology and Transport - Foundry Museum
Address: 1027, Budapest Bem József utca 20.
Phone number: (1) 201-4370
Opening hours: On prior notice
Initially it was an iron foundry founded by Ábrahám Ganz (born in Unter Embrach, Zurich County, Switzerland, in 1814, died in Pest, Hungary, on December 15, 1867). Chilled iron railway wheels, railway-crossing points, corn milling rolls were produced on the base of Ganz's patent. continue
further programmes
Permanent exhibitions
The History of Iron and Steel Casting in Hungary
The Original Facilities of the Stiffener Cast of the Ganz Factory
The permanent exhibition represents the original appliances of the Ganz shell foundry: iron melting ovens, casting bowls, rotating cranes, shaping cupboards, hand-held tools. We can follow up the history of Hungarian moulding and learn the technical steps of modelling, melting, casting and preparing. continue
The History of Hungarian Casting
The Hungarian cast iron makers in the 19th century
further exhibitions