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UNDERSTANDING THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: A GUIDE Academy, contains portraits, landscapes, historical genre paintings, archaeological drawings, as well as the noted 19th-century gynaecologist Gyula Elischer's Goethe Collection, and the fine art objects of the Széchenyi Museum. The richest donation to this collection was made by Count István Széchenyi. (Some pieces of the Collection now adorn the palace rooms.) The Art Collection is managed by the Institute of Art History of the Academy. OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 7 Post: 1245 Budapest. EO.Box 994 Tel/fax: (36-1) 317-2875 E-mail: jpusztai@office.mta.hu Director: JÁNOS PUSZTAI , C.Sc. The main responsibilities of the Office are: to participate in the organisation, preparation and execution of the Academy's bilateral agreements on scientific cooperation; to create the conditions for participation in non-governmental scientific organisations (NGOs); to keep records on such memberships and membership fees; to organise conferences and other meetings of international character in Hungary; to make the operative arrangements necessary for provisional scientific missions abroad, as well as for participation in conferences abroad; to organise the reception of foreign researchers. THE ACADEMY'S CLUB ASSOCIA TION H-1051 Budapest, Roosevelt tér 9 Tel. (36-1) 338 2344 The Academy's Club is an independent legal entity within the organisation of the Academy, working on the principle of self-government. Its objective is to provide high-quality services for the most important actors of Hungarian scientific and economic life. The Club offers a nice environment for arranging meetings to promote the dialogue between the leading representatives of the Hungarian scientific community and social-economic life. It is also a convenient place for holding workshop meetings, discussions, and the scene of outstanding cultural programmes, including concerts. Its membership includes members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, members of the Széchenyi Academy of Arts, outstanding Hungarian scientists and scholars living abroad, as well as those members of the Academy's Public Chamber who hold a degree. Leading officials of the Club's governing body: Chairman: FERENC GLATZ, O.M. Co-chairmen: SÁNDOR ÖEMIÁN PÉTER HUSZTI THE SCIENTISTS' CLUB (OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES) H-1051 Budapest, Roosevelt tér 9 Tel.: (36-1) 382-344 On the first floor of the Academy's Palace, the beautifully furnished and finely decorated premises of the Scientists' Club serves several purposes. In addition to functioning as a normal club, workshop meetings and discussions, even small conferences, and, occasionally, chamber-concerts are also held there. 76
