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 14. Endurance, Compromise and Economic Boom "The Repudiation of That Which is Illegal is No Mere Option, But Rather an Obligation" (Ferenc Deák) (Katalin Körmöczi - Edit Haider)

55. Page 's costume made for the Millennial Procession, with the coat of arms of the Liptay family, 1896 in 1875 - which was determined by the so-called constitutional issue, attitudes to the Compromise and the relationship with Austria - lasted until the 20th century. Because it did not articulate interests but rather served to conceal them, the popular representation system degenerated into a means for preserving the status quo. The period associated with the name of Kálmán Tisza lasted up until the Millennium. Commemorative items and documents recall the very rapid economic development of this period, as well as social and political life (Fig. 54). THE MILLENNIUM In 1896, the country celebrated the Millennium, the 1000th anniversary of the Hungarian Conquest. According to the view of the organizing committee, "In this celebration, the main emphasis should not be on spectacle, but on lasting creations demonstrating the whole strength of the nation, and serving as a celebration for the entire nation..." For the Millennial Celebrations, the first underground railway on the continent of Europe was built, along with the Francis Joseph Bridge (today's Liberty Bridge), the Palace of Exhibitions, the Museum of Applied Arts, the Supreme Court (today's Ethnographical Museum), and the Comedy Theatre; regulation of the Danube at the Iron Gate was also completed. Nevertheless, spectacle was not lacking. Both the Millennial Exhibition and the homage-paying procession of figures in Hungarian gala dress and Historicist-type uniforms were intended to give credence to the idea that "...the first thousand years since the Conquest... have turned out well", as Mór Jókai put it in his afterword to the History of the Hungarian Nation, published for the Millennium. The pomp of 1896 is, once again, recalled by an example of men s Hungarian gala dress. The velvet mente bordered with