Dent, Bob: Budapest for Children - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)
8. Intor the Past - Museums
INTO THE PAST 69 no. 2 tram and back a bit on the other side of the road). This “small” museum actualy occupies five floors of part of the old Concordia flour mill constructed in 1868. It’s interesting and unusual to find a museum inside a present-day working area —the building is currently used as a warehouse for flour and other products. Displays cover flour milling from Roman times to present day. Particular attention is devoted to the machines of Budapest’s hey-day as a milling centre in the late-19th century. Texts are in Hungarian, but a guidebook is available in English. Open all year round, Mon-Fri, 9-14. Free entrance not only for children but for everyone! Unfortunately no wheelchair access—different floors reached only by stairs. Foundry Museum [Öntödei Múzeum] Not everyone’s cup of tea, but could be interesting for older children who have been studying the history of iron works. (No. 20 Bern u., two stops on the no. 11 bus from Batthyány tér and round the corner.) In the last century the Swiss cast-iron worker Abraham Ganz established a foundry here which became the core of the internationally famous Ganz Machine Works. Jib cranes and ladles are in their original setting and there are other large items. Of further interest could be the collections of stoves, bells and some smaller items — look out for the metal crocodile nut-cracker. Open every day 9-17. Pre-school children free, other children pay a nominal sum. A booklet is available in English. Wheelchair access is good (enter from the far side). In the height of summer it’s pleasantly cool inside! Electricity Industry Museum [Elektrotechnikai Múzeum] Situated in a tiny street in the heart of what used to be Budapest’s Jewish quarter. (At no. 21 Kazinczy u., on the section between Dob u. and Wesselényi u. Trolleybus no. 74 goes down the latter from the Erzsébet körút section of the Great Boulevard, but it’s also possible to walk from Károly körút near Deák tér.) Really for older children who might be particularly in
