Gál Éva szerk.: A Janus Pannonius Múzeum Évkönyve 53. (2008-2015) (Pécs, 2015)
TÖRTÉNETTUDOMÁNYOK - Gál Éva: Bálozás Pécsett a múzeumi források tükrében
206 A Janus Pannonius Múzeum Évkönyve (2015) Balls on Pécs in the lights of museum resources Éva Gál Several museum values - subjects and documents - about the 19-20th centuries civil social life locate in the collection of the Historical Department of JPM. Particularly interesting the material group of contemporary dances and balls. Archive photos, invitation cards, newspapers, books, fashion-books, dance cards, badges belong to this group. The balls of fonner worlds outlined through their investigation. The balls were the specific form of the social interaction and gave the community a chance to the meeting and the offers. The balls mostly kept in the carnival period. The balls organization was a multiple task for the civil society. In Pécs inns, restaurants, casinos and clubhouses gave place for the prom events. Sometimes the balls kept in the city theater at the 19th century, which organization was a job for the drama group and for the director. Thus the actors from Vienna was introduced the most fashionable clothes, dances and the new trends for the local audience.
