Dent, Bob: Budapest for Children - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)
8. Intor the Past - Museums
68 INTO THE PAST Open 10-18 except Monday. Children under six free entrance. Others need one transport ticket, or the equivalent price. Wheelchair access difficult because of the steps down from the street. Fire Brigade Museum [Tűzoltó Múzeum] Obviously of interest to many children, but it’s small and quite a distance from the centre. (At 12 Martinovics tér, Bp. X. Bus no. 95 goes there from the Eastern Rail Station, and bus no. 9 goes from near Deák tér on Károly körút to Liget tér, from where it’s a short walk.) The exhibition, on two floors (no lift), includes fire-fighting equipment and materials relating to great fires of the past. Open Tue-Sat 9-16; Sun 9-13; closed Monday. Could possibly be combined with a visit to nearby Pataky Cultural Centre (10). Medical History Museum [Orvostörténeti Múzeum] At 1-3 Apród u. on the Buda side, just below the southern tip of Castle Hill. You can walk down from there, or take bus no. 78 from Ferenciek tere in central Pest (first stop after the bridge). On display are instruments, documents and other items from the history of medicine. Of interest to children is the interior of one of the city’s oldest pharmacies, plus bizarre elements like skulls, models of intestines, strange pictures of old medical treatments, some remnants of mummies and a shrunken head (these last two just inside from the entrance). Open 10-18 except Monday. Texts are in Hungarian and German, though there are usually attendants here who speak English and a booklet in English is also available. Free entrance for children, who might also be amused by the funny “slippers” you have to put on over your shoes. Ironically for a medical museum, wheelchair access is non-existent. The displays are on the first floor and there is no lift. Flour Milling Museum [Malomipari Múzeum] South of the centre, at Soroksári út 24 (three minutes walk from Boráros tér, or one stop from there on the
