Barbarian Days at the BHM Aquincum Museum, 4-5 October 2025
On the first weekend of October, living history demonstrations, arts and crafts workshops, craft demonstrations and much more await all those wishing to learn about the exciting world of the Barbarians.
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Continuous events accessible for non-Hungarian speakers
10:00 – 16:30 Test your courage game
10:00 – 16:30 Family scavenger hunt
10:00 – 17:00 How to feed your barbarian! show kitchen
10:00 – 18:00 Street of vendors
10:00 – 18:00 Craft demonstrations (Celtic calligraphy, dyeing with plants, glass bead making, bone carving, blacksmith, bronze casting)
10:00 – 18:00 Lifestyle demonstration at the living history camps
10:00 – 18:00 Wooden toys
11:00 – 16:00 (Sunday only) Caber toss
11:00 – 16:30 Test your strength games for young barbarians
11:00 – 16:30 Crops, barks, and stones – Refreshing walk on the barefoot path
11:00 – 17:00 Arts and crafts (pottery, weaving, cardboard wild boar)
12:00 – 17:00 (Saturday only) Barbarian hair braiding
13:00 – 17:00 Henna-making
Events accessible for non-Hungarian speakers
11:00 – 11:30 The beauty of handicraft – Everyday life in a Celtic village (narration in HU)
13:45 – 14:15 Plaid trousers contest (entry on the spot – narration in HU)
14:00 – 14:20 Dressing a Celt – trendy clothes and accessories (narration in HU)
15:00 – 15:30 Barbarian(?) warriors – similarities and differences (narration in HU)
16:00 – 16:30 (Sunday only) Falconry demonstration (narration in HU)
17:00 – 17:30 Living history demonstration (narration in HU)
The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the programme!
Tickets are available at the BHM Aquincum Museum and online on Aquincum.jegy.hu.
Ticket prices
Adult: 3000 HUF/person/day
Adult group (20+ people): 2500 HUF/person/day
Student/Pensioner: 1500 HUF/person/day
Student/Pensioner group (10+ people): 1300 HUF/person/day
Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children): 7500 HUF/family/day
During the event the usual discounts are not valid. The event can be visited free of charge by people with a Ukrainian passport or other documents proving their Ukrainian refugee status. The event can be further visited free of charge by journalists, people with disabilities and their companion (1 companion per person), visitors under the age of 6, visitors over the age of 70 and teachers accompanying school groups as well as tour guides accompanying tourist groups. Upon request, the eligibility for discounts must be verified at the venue.
In connection with the Our Budapest Programme, for cultural events organised by the BHM outside the day-to-day operations, Budapest secondary school students (students of secondary schools based in Budapest) can buy a discounted ticket at half the price of an adult ticket.
Free entry for visitors with a valid address card with a permanent address in District 3, upon registration at the entrance.
The event is organised by the Budapest History Museum – Aquincum Museum and Archaeological Park and supported by the Óbuda Cultural Centre, as part of the Autumn Festival of Museums.
