Borza Tibor (szerk.): A Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum évkönyve 1982 (Budapest, Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum, 1982)

Borza Tibor-Dr. Draveczky Balázs-Gundel Imre H. Szűcs Gitta-Dr. Horváth Iván-S. Nagy Anikó-Dr. Thoma Lászlóné: A Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum gyűjteményei

In the documentation department there are stored essays to serve as sources of further research, supplementary reminscences, summaries subject-andtopographical indices, bibliographical reference notes. We can also find there our notes, statistical data and compilations referring to exhibitions held in the past. Among them a register listing the catering establishments existing in Pest in the past, seems to be of considerable interest. (Imre Gundel) HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION OF THE CATERING INDUSTRY In our photographic stores there is an original daguerrotype and many original photographs from the past of our trade, postcards, reproductions, newspaper cuttings and numerous slides. We also have many films showing history of cooking, service at table and other interesting films from the life of the museum. (Imre Gundel) LIBRARY OF THE CATERING COLLECTION It is noteworthy that our library possesses many valuable cookery books in Hungarian and foreign languages. We also have Hungarian and foreign handbooks on food and drinks, vocational training, the history of the trade and publications on tourism, the hotelier's craft, etc. (Dr. Iván Horváth) FINE ART COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM The specific character of the museum necessitates the presence of a fine-art collection. Most of them are connected with catering and a smaller portion are of a historical type (from 415 pieces only 12). Some of them don't surpass a historical interest, however there are artistic portraits, pictures, etchings, water-colours, drawings, prints, etc. Side-by-side with some valuable eighteenth and nineteenth century portraits, there are some notew orthy pictures, drawings, that used to decorate the shops. Among the shop-signs, the oldest bears the date of 1728, it is of stone and is called "The Blue Flask", others which have been preserved do not lack a historical or artistic interest either. (Imre Gundel) COIN COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM The history of trade and the catering industry is not devoid of coin collections which were added in great numbers to the material when the museum was established. In this variety of collections we consider those as most important for the research in the history of the trade which are strictly connected with the events in the history of the catering industry, such as emergency coins, memorial coins and plaques. The most important cates are connected with the activities of chambers of commerce which fulfill important functions in the history of commerce. The range of the Hungarian cuisine based on time-honoured traditions is pinpointed by the successes achieved iy Hungarian cooks and chefs at home and 252