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Collection includes catering and trade industry relics: signboards, store furniture and equipment, tools plus related fine art collection, numismatic and photo collection. The museum also has a specialized library.
V. Szent István tér 15
The museum shows the history of the telephone through various interactive displays. Among its exhibits is a battery crossbar switchboard.
I. Úri utca 49
On display in this museum are all Hungarian first edition stamps, the smallest and biggest stamps of the world, and a collection of forgeries.
VII. Hársfa utca 47
Among museum exhibits are vintage motorcycles, planes, boats, trains and cars. Outside are locomotives, plane and sections of the city's chain bridge, Széchenyi Lanchíd, (which was destroyed during the Second World War and quickly rebuilt).
This maze of tunnels beneath Castle Hill shaped by forces of nature.
Permanent exhibitions:
Named after the Renaissance king Matthias Corvinus, who married in this church in the fifteenth century. The church is almost as old as the Royal Palace and has been the venue of several coronation ceremonies. The crypt and the museum with the collection of medieval stone carvings, sacred relics and religious paintings are at the east end of the church. For many years the church has also served as a venue for concerts, oratories and symphonic performances.
Permanent Exhibitions:
Shows the history and development of Buda, Pest and Obuda from the 5th century to the 17th century. Gothic sculptures and remains from archaeological excavations of 1974. On the first floor is the permanent exhibition "Budapest In Modern Times"