Klemmné Németh Zsuzsa szerk.: Gorka Kerámiamúzeum, Verőce (PMMI kiadványai - Kiállítási katalógusok 10. Pest Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága)
'"jpj.jj^ JymJ§£I_JJ^4 ^ 11 ^ er ° ce ' 131110118 resort place of the Danube Bend, not far from the railway station, stands the Elizabeth House, the villa built in 1884, where Géza Gorka moved in after his marriage in 1924. From 1927 on, he worked in his own workshop built at the back of the garden. He created one of the most important oeuvres of modern Hungarian ceramics and made the name of Hungarian ceramics well-known all over the world. After Géza Gorka's death, his wife offered the artistic heritage to the Directorate of the Museums in Pest County on condition that after buying the building at 22 Szamos Street, they would establish a museum introducing the history of ceramics and the work of Géza Gorka as well. Gorka Ceramics Museum was opened on 30 April 1972 and since then has welcomed the visitors interested in arts. This special museum presents the works at the most authentic place: where the great ceramist created them. Since 1994, the permanent exhibition has been completed with the works of Lívia, Géza Gorka's daughter, and those of Géza Gorka Focht, his grandson, so visitors can be acquainted with the famous ceramist dynasty's art in one museum. Besides the rooms displaying the objects, the artist's house with the devices of ceramics production, potter's wheels, moulds and tools can also be seen as well as the original kilns, which were heated with wood. There is an exhibition hall on the top floor of the museum building, where two or three temporary exhibitions are arranged per year to introduce the works of the most important design artists as well as those of painters, sculptors or graphic artists.
