Deri Museum

#europetrip This is the "must see" museum if you're visiting this city. No only a beautiful building but an interesting assembly of both works of art and ancient cultural artifacts. This place exists thanks to the beneficence of Frigyes Deri who in 1920 donated his lifelong collection to the State. The museum exhibits his particular interest of Egyptian, Samuri and 15th to 18th Century Christian European artefacts. The paintings are organised into groups reflecting common characteristics; Portraits, Landscapes, Still Life. I found the supplementary exhibition regarding Hungarian ancient beliefs concerning death, burial and the afterlife particularly interesting. It's displayed in a darkened room with gentle mystic music playing in the background. Perhaps the good weather had deterred people from spending time inside. It was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. Lovely exhibition and fantastic value at 900 huf for pensioner.