Night of Museums in Budapest - 11th edition

Budapest traditionally (since 11 years) celebrates Midsummer Night by organizing the Long Night of Museums, which provides the opportunity of visiting about 40 museums and cultural venues throughout the evening and the night. 9 years ago several Hungarian towns outside of Budapest joined the initiative, nowadays more than 300 venues participate throughout the country. One can visit as many permanent and temporary exhibitions in this night as (s)he can for an armband that costs 1500 HUF and is available in all the participating institutions. But it's not only about museums, exhibitions, and special guided tours, there are also several extra programs such as wine and food tasting, concerts, film screenings,  theatre and dance performances.


Since we are approaching to the weekend of Midsummer, the 11th edition of the Museum of Nights will be held tomorrow (June 22, Saturday)!  Let's get prepared.

Here the CEU Weekly provides for CEU's international community a selection of the programs that will be held in English:

Guided Tour in English: Highlights of Hungarian Art - Hungarian National Gallery (Buda Castle)
2013.06.22. 21:30 - 22:30
1014 Budapest, Szent György tér 2.
Meeting point: main building, ground floor, information desk
(source: http://muzej.hu/index.php?page=program&pid=529)


Guided Tours at OSA Archivum/Galeria Centralis (at Central European University)
2013.06.22. 17:00 - 00:301051 Budapest, Arany János utca 32. -Well, CEU students know this venue, and for prospective students it's a great occasion to visit it!
Tour of the Goldberger House, guided visit to the exhibition and the research room, presentation of the Archive’s holdings pertaining to the Cold war.
Tours begin on the hour and half hour, on demand in English too.
(Source: http://muzej.hu/index.php?page=muzeum&mid=138)

Guided Tour in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
2013.06.22. 19:30 - 20:30, 20:45 - 21:45
1146 Budapest, Dózsa György út 41. (practically on Hősök tere)
(Source: http://muzej.hu/index.php?page=program&pid=703)




Of course we also encourage you to have fun by joining other programs as well, one can enjoy dance, music and gastronomy without linguistic boundaries!
So, if you are in Budapest, the Night of Museums something that you shouldn't miss. Enjoy!
You can reach all the information on the official website of the event: http://muzej.hu/index.php?lang=en

Agnes Kelemen, Hungary,

Nationalism Studies,

Hungary News Editor @ the CEU Weekly