Dent, Bob: Budapest for Children - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)
8. Intor the Past - Museums
INTO THE PAST 61 tions of pre-historic creatures and skeletons of ancient animals. The whole museum is open 10-18 except Monday. Admission is free for children. There’s free admission for all one day per week, but that day sometimes changes. Wheelchair access to all floors is by lift from a side entrance, hence the steps leading to the main entrance can be avoided. There is a buffet inside. Special activities are organised for children, particularly in the summer. These involve handicrafts, painting, film-shows, etc. connected to historical themes. Some activities take place in the Museum garden. For information ring 138-2122 and ask for the education department [közművelődési osztály]. Agricultural Museum [Mezőgazdasági Múzeum] Situated in the fairy-castle-like Vajdahunyad Castle in the City Park and visible across the lake from the back of Heroes Square [Hősök tere] (underground station here). A large museum with lots of attractive displays covering farming, forestry, horse-breeding, agriculture, winemaking, sheep-rearing, etc. Lots of models of animals, and much equipment both large and small. Texts are in Hungarian but the displays speak for themselves. A guidebook in English is available and an English-speaking guide can be booked in advance (tel: 141-2011). Open 10-17 weekdays except Mondays when closed; 10-18 Sundays. Early closing at 4 pm in the winter months. Free entrance for children and pensioners. Free for all on Tuesdays. Small buffet on the ground floor. For wheelchair access there is a lift, but only to part of the upper display areas—to the crops and horticulture, but not to the hunting and fishing sections. The museum organises a limited number of special activities for children in the summer and there is the possibility for foreign children to participate. Information on the above telephone number. Museum of Militaiy History [Hadtörténeti Múzeum] This large museum is situated in the far northwest corner of the Castle District. The main entrance is on the west side, on Tóth Árpád sétány. (The easiest direct
