Technikatörténeti szemle 26. (2003-04)

Tanulmányok - Kócziánné Szentpéteri Erzsébet: Az Óbudai Gázgyár területének kulturális célú hasznosításáról

közművelődési programok, együttes belépőjegy stb. tűnnek ilyennek. Nagy érdeklődés mutatkozna egy közös „tanulmányi raktár", esetleg szabadtéri technikai park iránt is. A fizikai közelség azonban az intézményeknek szintén hasznos lehet szakmailag és anyagilag egyaránt: közös szolgáltatások (kiállítás-kivitelezés, őrzés-biztonság, takarítás); együttes propaganda, PR stb. A várható költségek, az ütemezés, a szakmai koncepciók stb. azonban valamennyi esetben külön kidolgozást igényelnek. Végül azt is meg kívánjuk jegyezni, hogy mindezen mozgások, költözetések elengedhetetlen előfeltétele az érintett múzeumokkal és főhatóságaikkal/fenntartóikkal történő egyeztetés, ¡11. egyetértésük megszerzése a fentebb vázoltakhoz. ERZSÉBET KÓCZIÁN-SZENTPÉTERI: UTILISATION OF THE TERRITORY OF ÓBUDA GAS FACTORY FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES The Ministry of Cultural Heritage (NKÖM) had a survey made on the utilisation of the territory of Óbuda Gas Factory for museum purposes in 1999, after the transfer of the Hungarian Museum for Science and Technology to the Ganz factory had been dropped. The Ministry's cultural deputy undersecretariat and the Department of Museums of the Division of Public Collections called upon the maintainers of the most important technical museums struggling with placement problems (Transport Museum, Hungarian Museum of Architecture, Museum of Physical Training and Sports) to examine the possibility of transferring the entire museum or some parts of it to Óbuda ( and if they find this necessary, respectively.) In the plans of the ministry not only the maintenance and rehabilitation of the protected factory buildings were included but the construction of new establishments as well. As early as at that time the bringing into being of a cultural park arose that would, beside the museums of traditional profile, give place to institutions of "science center" character, too. As result of the survey the full conception of the utilisation of Óbuda Gas Factory was completed by the end of 1999; a report on it was given by the Division of Monuments and Investments, which also prepared and attached the plan of expenses and other indices of the investment. Unfortunately, by the end of the first quarter of 2000 the draft lost its timeliness and was not presented within the Ministry, nor submitted for agreement among Ministries. As to the placement of the Hungarian Museum for Science and Technology, the 1999 draft meant the first turning-point, after searching about for decades; its publication is justified partly for this reason, and partly because since the second half of 2004 Óbuda Gas Factory has come to the front again as a possible location of the institution. The material published here might serve as a good basis for the planning that might, in the future, turn to reality, in spite of the fact that several questions raised and ideas, respectively, have already taken a new turn. E.g.: the Museum of Physical Training and Sports will move to new premises in the course of 2005, similarly to the "Palace of Wonders", which will be placed in one of the buildings of the Millenary Park. A very important step forward is the declaration of protection by the Bureau for the Protection of Cultural Heritage: decree 21/2004 (X.12) NKÖM contains the declaration of protection for the group of buildings of Óbuda Gas Factory in Gázgyár street, 3rd district of Budapest. It points to a similar important intention of the Government that a ministerial commissioner has been appointed by order 3/2004. (K.K.5.) of the Minister of National Cultural Heritage for preparing the coming into being of the new museum quarter. The final solution of the situation of the Hungarian Museum for Science and Technology might be within reach, both in time and geographically, by moving to the group of buildings of Óbuda Gas Factory or its territory. Time is, however, urging as the Capital's Gas Works have, by January 1, 2005, left the territory, which - without real maintainer and keeper - might face quick deterioration.