Gulyás Katalin – Horváth László – Kaposvári Gyöngyi – Pató Mária szerk.: Nyitott kapuk. Hetvenéves a szolnoki Damjanich János Múzeum (A Damjanich János Múzeum kincsei, 2004)

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8. Where the children's library used to be on the first floor, now one can find the conference room. 9. On the left side of the picture: the room of periodical exhibitions 10. The back staircase under construction. 11. The cellar nearly ready. Beforehand it had been constantly covered in water and sewage. 12. Three beautiful fragments of stove tiles. 13. The solemn moment of the opening ceremony of the museum. 14. One of the first visitors of the standing archaeological exhibition: Franz Wranitzky at the reconstructed Bronze Age dwelling house. 15. The opening ceremony was commemorated on a coin as well. (The coin was made by Béla Szabó Imrefia) 16. Szolnok Gallery was opened by Speaker of Parliament Gaál Zoltán 17. We had silver and bronze coins minted to commemorate the inauguration of the gallery (By Béla Szabó Imrefia) 18. Minister of Culture Bálint Magyar handing over the title "The Museum of the Year" 19. Participants from Szolnok at the opening ceremony 20. Part of the exhibition called "Neolithic age in the Plain". Later it was exhibited in the National Museum, and then in Frankfurt and all over Germany in 1987-1988. (In the picture: István Láng Secretary in Chief of the Academy, Ildikó Ürmössy, László Madaras, László Tálas) 21. The picture was taken at the opening ceremony of the Gallery renovated in 1984. Before being displayed in Cologne, Germany, the pieces of art could be seen here first at an exhibition called "17th century Dutch paintings". At the exhibition origi nal Rembrandt and Rubens pictures were displayed. The Ambassador of the Netherlands, Mr Stejnvik opened the exhibition giving his speech in excellent Hungarian. It is telling that during the 5 weeks while the exhibition was open, more than 6000 people visited it. (In the picture you can see the Bartók Choir, Mr Stejnvik and László Tálas) 22. In 1993 Kossuth prize winner poet György Faludy opened the exhibition of painter György Ezüst. (In the middle György Faludy, György Ezüst and László Tálas) 23. The opening of Magdolna Fazekas' exhibition in 1993. (Magdolna Fazekas and László Tálas) 24. In 1994 a private collection of contemporary art, the Körmendi-Csák collection was displayed in the Gallery. Previously it had been exhibited in Switzerland. (From left to right: owner Máté Csák, Member of Parliament László Donath, László Tálas and owner Anna Körmendi) 25. Writer Károly Szakonyi opens Munkácsy prize winner painter Gyula Konfár's exhibition. 26. The opening of Kossuth prize winner painter Lajos Sváby's exhibition in 1995. (From left to right: Lajos Sváby, László Tálas and István Szőnyi giving his speech) 27. The 90th anniversary exhibition of the Artists' Gallery of Szolnok in 1992. Later it was displayed in Reutlingen, Germany, the brothertown of Szolnok in 1994. 28. Art historian Magdolna Supka opening painter István Nagy B.

's exhibition (on the right). Magdolna Supka has opened several exhibitions in the Gallery. Her opening speeches have always been very interesting experiences because of her enjoyable style and great cultural and historical knwoledge. 29. The solemn moment of the opening of painter László Meggyes' exhibition and the public. 30-31. The storehouse in Városmajor street before and after reconstruction. Nándor Pár: Architectural Reconstruction 1. The one-time synagogue was designed by Lipót Baumhorn in 1899. 2. The building has been hosting the exhibitions of Damjanich Museum since 1972. 3. The museum building in the 1950's. 4. The renovation of the Gallery, 2004. 5-7. Pictures of the reconstruction 8. The vertical section of the building 9. The building half-done 10. Under construction 11-12. The way it was before 13-14. The way it is now 15. The dwelling house in Tabán 16. The reconstruction of the ex-Soviet military hospital, 2004 Marietta Csányi: Archaeology 1. Bronze Age urn "in situ" at the excavation at Rákóczifalva in 1934. 2. Participants of the Rákóczifalva excavation: Lajos Márton in the middle with 146