Temporary exhibitions

The House of Terror Museum and the 20th Century Institute honours the memory of Sister Margit Slachta (1884-1974), Hungary’s first female member of Parliament, by a new temporary exhibition open to visitors from 9th February. For the first time in Hungary, our museum is presenting an exhibition on the exemplary life of Margit Slachta, and her exceptional moral fibre. Read more …

Gypsies have shared a common faith with Hungarians for many centuries. They put their talents, vitality, arts, physical work, as well as their lives when needed, at the service of their common homeland. Although their hardships were often greater than those of the majority population, 30 years after the regime change this exhibition is intended to be a gesture of homage to hungary’s gypsy heroes. You can enter the exhibition for free. Read more …

A new temporary exhibition entitled Our Heroes 1956 – Roma Freedom Fighters is opening in the House of Terror Museum compiled from the photographs the Kossuth Prize-winning artist and painter István Szentandrássy. The exhibition will be open to visitors from the last weekend of Advent, 21st December 2019 to 19 January 2020. Read more …

A new temporary exhibition of posters was opened on 19 June in front of the House of Terror Museum. The exhibition 30 Years of Freedom presents the way Hungary managed to get from the communist dictatorship to the change of regime. Thirteen posters and quotations help to understand the system which had deprived Hungarian people from their freedom up until the regime collapsed in 1989-1990. Read more …