In Budapest, more than two hundred museums, galleries and exhibitions are open, making the city one of the world's museum capitals .In addition to the "obligatory" visits to the Hungarian State and Ethnographic Museum, telling about the history of the Hungarian land and folk traditions, as well as the National Art Gallery, there are many thematic and religious, professional museums of the country .The Budapest History Museum tells about the development of Buda, Obuda and Pest from the 5th to the 17th century .special attention should be paid to the exposition of the Middle Ages with authentic objects of everyday circulation and a collection of tombstones of the Royal Palace .On the ground floor there is a permanent exhibition "Budapest in our days" .

In the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, in addition to many other works of art (the basis of which is the richest collection of paintings of Esterhazy's name), there are collected 7 canvases by El Greco, 6 paintings by Goya, Gauguin's unique winter landscape, Raphael's Madonna, rich Egyptian collection. It is perfectly complemented by the Bible Museum, which reveals not only the history of Holy Scripture, archaeological evidence, historical aspects of Bible literature, but also the history of the Hungarian edition of the Bible, as well as its other editions in the languages ​​of the world.

The Museum of Applied Arts proposes to penetrate the process of printing from the production of paper to the process of applying the last point in the text, or to the production of furniture from the cultivation of wood to the artsy lines of rococo. Its building is built in the style of the Hungarian secession - a style that can only be seen in Hungary: it recognizes the motives of the eastern countries, reminiscent of the Asian origin of the Hungarians. The facade of the palace is decorated with ceramics of the porcelain factory "Zholnai".

The Aquincum Museum is an archaeological park that attests to the Roman past of the country, when in the territory of today's Hungary there was the Roman province of Pannonia. Until now, the ruins of an ancient amphitheater, several temples, baths, as well as remains of small streets and more than a dozen houses have been preserved here. Mausoleum of Gul Baba reminds about 150 years of Turkish rule, and the street with the same name, which leads to the mausoleum, with its ancient buildings in itself resembles a museum.

The Museum of Modern Art Ludvig, also known as LuMu, is housed in a modern building on the banks of the Danube. His exposition includes works of contemporary fine art by Hungarian and European artists, and in the hall of the museum there is a wonderful shop selling books on art, design and architecture.

The museum of Vasarelli is primarily dedicated to the work of the famous Hungarian artist Dze Ва Vasarelli, the founder of the artistic flow of pop art. In the work he used various visual illusions, based on the features of the perception of flat and spatial figures - an exhibition consists of 400 works presented to the Vasarelli Museum of Fine Arts.

The apartment museum of Franz Liszt, the great Hungarian composer, brings to the visitor a romantic mood, reinforced by the quietly sounding music of his composition. It is located in the building of the conservatory, built in 1879. The Conservatory itself has moved to another building for a long time, the Institute for the Study of the Heritage of Franz Liszt is operating here, and in his apartment, one of the doors of which opened directly into the concert hall of the Conservatory, a unique collection of the composer's belongings and his family members was collected.

The House of Terror (House of Terror) is located in the former headquarters of the Secret Police. His exhibits are devoted to the history of two dictatorial regimes - fascist and communist. Its good continuation - Sculpture Park Szoborpark - a park of monuments of the period of socialism, removed from the streets of Budapest after the change of political regime of the 1989-90s.

In addition, there are museums of firefighting and gynecology, sports, postage stamps in Budapest, the Museum of Trade and Catering, the Beer Museum and even the Agricultural Museum (rather a museum of nature), with an interesting exposition revealing the secrets of wine production - here it can also be tasted . For every taste and for all interests there is also the Museum of Cave dwellings, the Museum of Theater Art, the Architectural Museum, the Museum of Music History and many others.

Most Budapest museums are open every day except Monday, from 10 to 18 hours. Since May 1, the state museums have canceled entrance fees for permanent exhibitions.