10-11 May 2025!
The BTM Aquincum Museum (1031 Budapest, Szentendrei út 135) invites all visitors to the 34th edition of the Floralia – Roman Spring Festival, which brings together informal learning, living history, music and dance, theatre and gastronomy. On 10 and 11 May, the toga-wearing people of Rome once again take over the former civil town of Aquincum to bring the Roman heritage of Budapest within reach.
EVENTS
10-11 May 2025 (Saturday-Sunday)
10:00-18:00 Living history and weapons demonstration at the camps of the re-enactors
10:00-17:00 Test your courage
10:00-17:00 Family scavenger hunt (in HU)
10:00-17:00 Crafts demonstrations
10:00-17:00 Arts and crafts*
10:00-17:00 Coin minting
10:00-17:00 Roman school (in HU)*
10:00-17:00 Roman beauty tent
10:00-18:00 Ancient fair
10:00-18:00 Get to know the HNM-PCC Hungarian National Museum, Campona Victrix Archaeological Exhibition and Visitor Centre
10:00-10:45 Guided tour of the exhibition Tiny Stones – Colorful Flooring with the curator (in HU)
10:00-11:00 Celtic warrior training for children
10:00-11:00 Step Back in Time: Exploring Roman Life in Aquincum – guided tour in English (prior booking required: regisztracio@aquincum.hu)
10:00-11:00 Medicinal herb walking tour (in HU)
10:30-17:30 Culinary secrets from the Roman period
11:00-17:00 Find the itinerant fortune teller (in HU)*
11:00-11:30 Opening dance, festival procession and ritual in honour of the goddess Flora
11:45-12:30 Audible past – The archaeology of music, presentation of ancient musical instruments (in HU)
11:45-12:45 Guided tour of the exhibition Aquincum 130 – The very best with the curator (in HU)
12:00-12:30 Harpastum – Roman ball game demonstration
12:30-13:00 Learn to speak Latin! – crash course for not just Romans (in HU)
12:45-13:25 The time of the shields – Gladiator demonstration (Familia Gladiatoria)
13:00-13:30 Roman medical demonstration (in HU)
13:00-17:00 The priestess of Isis tells your future (in HU)
13:30-14:00 Boglárka Klitsie-Szabad : Amor and Psyche – Myths for children (Saturday) (in HU)
13:30-14:00 Csenge Virág Zalka: In the name of the butterfly, the bee and the wind – Myths for children (Sunday) (in HU)
13:30-14:00 Roman fashion show (in HU)
14:00-15:00 Legions through the ages (in HU)
14:00-17:00 Henna-making*
14:10-14:30 Celtic warrior training for children
14:15-14:45 Augury and investiture of the censor
14:30-15:15 Guided tour of the exhibition “Uncovered!…or there is still new under the earth” with the curator (in HU)
14:30-15:15 Nymphs and fauns – mythical stories presented by Térszínház (in HU)
14:45-15:15 Boglárka Klitsie-Szabad:Stories about Apollo and Artemis – Myths for adults (Saturday) (in HU)
14:45-15:15 Csenge Virág Zalka: The girl and the storm – Myths for adults (Sunday) (in HU)
15:30-16:00 Slave auction (in HU)*
15:30-16:15 Enter the cave of the Unconquered Sun – visiting the Symphorus and Marcus Mithraeum (in HU)
15:45-16:30 Houses, baths, temples – the story of the Civil Town – guided tour (Saturday) (in HU)
15:45-16:30 What do the stones tell us? Tour of the lapidarium (Sunday) (in HU)
16:00-16:30 Learn to speak Latin! – crash course for not just Romans (in HU)
16:20-17:00 Gladiator demostration (Collegium Gladiatorium)
17:00-17:15 The revolt of the gladiators (clash with Roman soldiers)
17:30-19:00 Defence of Socrates – presented by Térszínház (Saturday only) (in HU)
During the event, the museum’s exhibitions can be visited between 10:00 and 18:00 (closing procedure begins at 17:40).
* To take part in this programme, visitors must pay with “Flora as” coins. The game coins can be won during the event. For further details, visit the information desk.
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.
By entering the event premises, Visitors accept the Regulations.
Getting to the Aquincum Museum:
By public transportation:
Rail: Lines S76, Z72 Aquincum station.
HÉV suburban railway: Line H5, Kaszásdűlő and Aquincum stops.
Bus: Lines 34, 106 and 134, Záhony Street stop.
By bicycle:
The car park of the museum can only be accessed via the Záhony Street gate, which can be reached from the south via the cycle path of Szentendrei Road or Ángel Sanz Briz Road, and from the north from the cycle path of Sujtás Street or Gázgyár Street.
By car:
The car park of the museum can only be accessed via the Záhony Street gate. The number of spaces at the museum car park are limited. We recommend using the parking spaces reserved for visitors of the event at the car park of the Auchan supermarket opposite the museum.
The event is organised by the Budapest History Museum – Aquincum Museum and Archaeological Park and supported by the Óbuda Cultural Centre.
