Budapest Ethnographic Museum
The Ethnographic Museum Budapest ( Hungarian : Néprajzi Múzeum) is one of the largest ethnographic museums in Europe and shows a special ethnographic collection with almost 200,000 exhibits, including around 140,000 Hungarian and 60,000 international objects. Its first director was János Xántus in 1872 .
It is dedicated to the culture of the Hungarian people as well as other European and non-European peoples from primitive society to civilization .
The museum has been housed in a Wilhelminian style building since 1973 , which is located in the 5th district of Budapest at 12 Kossuth tér opposite the Parliament and combines elements of the Renaissance , Baroque and Neoclassical periods . The building was originally built for the Ministry of Justice by the architect Alajos Hauszmann (1847–1926) and was completed in 1896. The building also has a festival hall and various conference rooms and serves as a conference location for receptions and events.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '28.1 " N , 19 ° 2' 54.3" E