Körmöczi Katalin szerk.: Historical Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum 3 - From the End of the Turkish Wars to the Millennium - The history of Hungary in the 18th and 19th centuries (Budapest, 2001)

ROOM 13. Culture and National Consciousness at the End of the 18th Century and in the First Half of the 19th Century (Eszter Aczél)

45. Insignia and chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece 19th century (Top two figures) The most important documents and relics of the founding of the collection are: Ferenc Széchényi

's petition to Francis I; the emperor's reply; the letter of foundation of November 25, 1802; the diary of the museum's first student; its first visitors' book; the spectacular catalogue of the coin and medal collection; the Order of the Golden Fleece given to Ferenc Széchényi for his noble deed (Fig. 45); a die made as a design for the museum's first seal (Fig. 46); the Key to the Imperial and Royal Bedchamber once held by 46. Die made for the first seal of the Hungarian National Museum, mid-19th century (Bottom) Antal Grassalkovich, who donated the plot on which the museum could be built; Ferenc Széchényi

's coin and medal cabinet; coins and medals; and a few pieces from the Jankovich Collection, the first donations after those of Széchényi.