J. Pótó, M. Tolnai, P. Zilahy (eds.): Understanding the Hungarian Academy of Sciences : a guide
Sándor Kónya: A Brief History Of The Hungarian Academy Of Sciences (1825-2002)
THE HISTORY LEFT: THE CEREMONIAL HALL OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT THE INAUGURAL OF THE BUILDING. RIGHT: AT ONE TIME, PARLIAMENT HELD ITS SESSIONS IN THE CEREMONIAL HALL. RIGHT: D ÁNIEL B ERZSENYI, OIL PAINTING BY MIKLÓS BARABÁS, 1835-1837. THE OLD LIBRARY ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE WING OVERLOOKING THE DANUBE. WOODCUT BY K ÁROLY RUSZ, 1865. LEFT: THE BYLAWS OF THE ACADEMY WERE ENACTED IN 1869 AND REMAINED IN FORCE WITH ONLY MINOR MODIFICATIONS UP TO THE END OF THE SECOND W ORLD W AR. MIHÁLY KOVÁCS PAINTED THIS PORTAIT OF JÁNOS ARANY, POET, ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE BYLAWS, AND LONG-STANDING SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ACADEMY, IN 1869.