Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 94. (Budapest 2002)

Matskási, I.: Bicentenary of the Hungarian Natural History Museum

The reconstruction of the halls to make room for the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology was started and completed in 1995. That was when the reconstruction of the Manège of Ludoviceum (that burnt down in 1992) commenced with the aim of developing a permanent place for the exhibitions and the Educational Department. In 1996 our magnificent permanent exhibition of history and ecology 'Man and Nature in Hungary' was opened in this splendidly reconstructed building, and exhibitions have followed one after the other ever since. In 1999, as a next construction stage, the brand-new loft of the big Ludoviceum was opened for the public, and the Department of Anthropology and three sections of the Department of Zoology, i.e. the collections of mammals and birds and the research group of Zooecology could occupy some of the most up-to-date museum premises of Europe. We hope that a renewed ensemble of the Museum and Orczy Garden will serve the purposes of research, the dissemination of general knowledge, training, meaningful relaxation and recreation.