Postai és Távközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány Évkönyve, 1993

Kiállítási emlékezések - Angol nyelvű összefoglalók

There is a detailed description of a new post road built across Marosszék, between Nagyszeben (Sibiu) and Beszterce (Bistriua), in 1769. The work, daily life and often tragic end of Transsylvanian postmasters in those days are described.

An interesting item of postal history is what was known as the Gypsy Post: an imperial edict of 1794 permitted settled Gypsies who kept horses and possessed a good character to offer haulage and private postal services.

Mrs Gergely Kovács: p. 88

What a Museum Requires of an Interior Designer

This lecture delivered to the 3rd National Conference on Industrial Design, held in Budapest on June 16-18, 1993, offers a historical retrospect of the major periods in Hungarian museum construction, noting that hardly any new museums have been built in the last fifty years. Discounting reconstruction and alteration work, the only new buildings have been the Labour-Movement Museum in Salgótarján (1980) and the Szombathely Picture Gallery (1984). So the work of interior designers for museums has been confined to planning and installing exhibitions. It has become an occasional relationship, and there are several signs of this at exhibitions. The study presents the requirements of museums to cater for the flow of visitors and protection of the objects displayed.

Looking at the mutual influences of content and form, three typical basic types of concept behind museum exhibitions can be identified: those with an encyclopedic approach, those consisting of precious items, and those presenting a slice of life. The last of the three is the one most appreciated by the general public, and the one that presents the interior designer with the most complex task.

The third part of the study examines the demands made on interior design by the museum visitors, analysing their needs from arrival to departure, which also vary according to age group and level of education. The intention of all this is to inspire interior designers to attach special importance to museum work. The study saw in the prospect of Expo ’96 being held in Budapest the possibility that museums might be presenting interior designers with a growing number of commissions.

Tibor Kuslits p. 93

(Architect with the MERMU Architectural Studio):

The Interior Designs for the Radio and Television Museum at Diosd

The Museum will be housed on the premises of a short-wave radio transmitter, and so the first requirement is to separate the exhibition and the operating areas. Due to the industrial nature of the exhibition hall, the area needs dividing up. This purpose will be served by circular scaffolding, on which stairs lead up to a row of displays leading round.

On the floor in the middle of the scaffold there will be a ceramic world map, and

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