Rome in Aquincum
permanent exhibition at the Aquincum Museum
from the 15th of september 2008 -

The newest permanent exhibition of at the Aquincum museum is now open to the public in the recently re-built and restored 'electrical transformer house', a protected monument building in its own right, constructed in Neo-Classical style and situated at the edge of the archeological park. The exhibition presents valuable but never before exhibited finds from the rich collections of the museum. The exhibition hall is now spacious enough to hold the freshly restored mosaics and wall paintings from the governor's palace excavations. The visitors can also see monumental statues which formerly stood in sanctuaries, the dolphin fountain or a reconstruction of a large ornamental stone vessel (crater). These objects all reflect the luxurious nature of the palace's interior. The objects presented in the cases, including imported bronze, glass or ceramic vessels as well as the gold and silver jewelry, were all part of the daily life the governor and the coterie surrounding him.
The other unique aspect of the new exhibition is that the world famous archaeological find, the Aquincum organ, can again be exhibited some 75 years after it was first brought to light. The remnants of the organ were discovered during excavations preceding foundation work on the building that today serves as the main exhibition building of the Aquincum Museum. The preserved parts of the organ, the reconstrution of its structure and mechanism as well as a playable copy are also on exhibit here.

New exhibition building (135 Szentenderi Road, District III)
open from September 20, 2008

The storerooms of the Budapest History Museum holds one of the largest archaeological collections in Hungary. About one million archaeological finds from prehistoric times to the Migration period of Budapest are stored here at the Aquincum Musueum. The aim of the Visual Storage exhibit is to give visitors insight into the repositories of a a museum, repositories that serve as an enormously important resource of historical materials, art objects and treasures. In the past it has proven difficult to provide access to these objects for visitors and professionals alike. Though this exhibit in our new exibition building at the Aquincum Museum, rebuilt in 2007-2008, a window has been opened onto what kinds of pieces may be found in the repositories.

The "Aquincum Vision Storage" follows the history of Budapest and Aquincum, juxtaposing the chronology and types of archaeological finds from prehistory to the Migration Period. The visitors are drawn into the interesting world of a museum as seen on the light shelves built into this simple walk-in installation repository. More than 1200 finds are on display in this exibition. The inscriptions on the shelves and shelf registers help to orient vistors. The visitors can see closer the moved pictures of the more important finds on a digital screen.

The construction of the Visual Storage will allow us to change the materials put on display form time to time so that visitors can see as soon as possible the growing number of archaeological finds which have been brought to light in excavations by archaeologists at the Budapest History Museum.

Directed by Dr. Paula Zsidi

"There's always something new beneath the ground..... a selection of the most exciting finds from the 2009 excavation season in Budapest"
Motorway excavations in focus

Tiara with gold - sheets, pearl necklaces, neck- and bracelets, swords, a large, decorated brooch (fibula), Roman period grave stones, bronze statuette and Avar period goose eggs: these are only a few out of the nearly two hundred objects that will be exhibited for the 14th time in the BTM Aquincum Museum from the 15th April 2010. This time not only the nicest Prehistoric and Roman finds discovered last year will be exhibited here but also freshly excavated Medieval finds from the Budapest History Museum.
In spite of the economic crises, the Budapest History Museum managed to carry out nearly 40 preventive excavations and archaeological observations in connection to investments throughout the territory of Budapest in 2009.
Among others, the excavations of the southern section of the M0 motorway stand out with archaeological finds of nearly 4000 years: Bronze Age, Skythian, Avar, Sarmathian and Arpad Period graves and settlements were also found. The ongoing research on the Hajógyári Island revealed the remains of a Medieval manor with interesting finds. Ceramic vessels, jewellery were found during the excavation of the cemeteries of Roman Aquincum, these wil also be on show. Especially interesting will be the reconstructions of graves and costumes of the different periods and the Skythian double inhumation burial that was brought into the museum "in situ" and exhibited in gross.
The excavations carried out in 2009 demonstrate once again that there is always "something new under the ground": the archaeological heritage of Budapest is particularly rich and surprises await both researchers and visitors.

There is something new under the ground - A selection of new archaeological finds from 2009
15 April 2010 - 31 March 2011

Archaeology by touch – exhibitin for disabled people
15 April 2010 – 31 October

Ancient toys and games
15 April 2010 – 31 October