Márton Erzsébet (szerk.): Múzeumi Hírlevél, 2003 (24. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2003-05-01 / 5. szám
mifúzEUMi Hírlevél J© Review Cover picture: Ádám Mányoki (1675 -1757): Baroness Swihowska, 1747 Hungarian National Gallery FOCUS International Museum Day 2003 International Museum Day will be celebrated in 2003 on 18 May, under the theme of Museums and Friends. What do Friends of Museums contribute to museums and to society as a whole? What are their fields of activity? (see more www.icom.org) HUNGARY The International Museum Day will be celebrated in the Hungarian National Museum Garden with the participation of museums and museum friends of Hungary. Date: 17-18 May, Saturday - Sunday, from 10 AM until 19 PM The new acquisitions of the Hungarian National Museum can be seen in our recent issue as a supplement of Museum Newsletter, where the museum professionals contribute their special thanks to donators, mostly private persons, to friends of the museum. Special temporary exhibitions for the occasion of Museum Day 2003 BUDAPEST In Europe's Princely Courts Ádám Mányoki - Actors and venues of a portraitist's career Hungarian National Gallery It can be visited until 24 August 2003 The majority of Mányoki’s works are preserved in foreign collections, so this exhibition was staged with broad international participation. Apart from the major partners in Dresden and Berlin- Brandenburg, six German, three Polish and a Slovakian museum and library lent works for the exhbition, while the Hungarian museums and collections provided valuable material as well. That coincided with the beginning of Rákóczi’s war of independence the 300th anniversary of which is celebrated this year. One of the three Rákóczi’s portraits is a protected private property, which can be seen as well in this exhibition. Curator: Ms Enikő Buzási, art historian (Hungarian National Gallery). You can read her summary on pages 147-148. Greek Jewellery Museum of Fine Arts Open from 15 May until 30 June 2003 After Prague and Warsaw the wandering exhibition will arrive to Budapest. On display are the precious gold jewellery of Greek museums from the prehistoric pectorals till the Byzantine earrings and necklaces. The exhbition is supported by the European Union. More information: http://www.szepmuveszeti.hu SZEGED Móra Ferenc Museum On the Museum Day, (18 May 2003) a temporary exhibition will be opened, entitled Gold of Huns - Princely Hoard of Nagyszéksós. It can be visited until 7 September 2003. NEW TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS BUDAPEST Ganz Factory in the Golden Age of the Hungarian Electrotechnics Hungarian Electrotechnical Museum On the 150th anniversary of Károly Zipernowsky’s birth a conference and an exhibition was opened about the history of Ganz Factory. On display are objects from the collections of Deutsches Museum (Munnich), Budapest Historical Museum and the National Technical Museum of Hungary. GÖDÖLLŐ The Golden Man - The Greek owner of Gödöllő Castle, György Sina and Simon Sina City Museum 1 March-21 September 2003 The curator of this exhibition Ms Eszter В. Kerényi researched the true story of the ‘Golden Man', who was the main figure of Jókai's book. She investigated Greek archives, original documents and letters written in Greek languague about the forgotten, extremely rich Sina family. Between 1850 and 1864 the 'royal' Castle was owned by a civil merchant and his son, and after their left for Vienna the castle became the property of the Hungarian King as a gift of the Hungarian people. Eric Vogel Works Royal Castle Museum 9 May - 1 June 2003 As a part of the renewed Baroque Theatre in the castle, an exhibition was opened for the memory of the famous Hungarian costume designer, Mr Eric Vogel (1907-1996). SZEKSZÁRD Lands, Peoples, Dresses in Tolna County Wosinksky Mór Museum 8 April - 10 August 2003 Curator: Ms Erika Vass SZÁZHALOMBATTA Decorations from the Past Exhibition of Margit Tamáska- Jakab, weaver and the Weaving Workshop of Érd Matrica Museum 16 April-22 June 2003 Information by telephone: 00-36-23- 357-680,06-30-213-12-09 Address: H-2030 Érd. Enikő u. 2/b. SZEGED On the Road - Investigations on M5 Highway Móra Ferenc Museum 21 March - 30 September 2003 On display are the archaeological finds of the rescue excavations, which were analysed by three different disciplines, which are as follows: archaeology, ethnography and environmental studies. Curators: Ildikó Bárkányi, Béla Gaskó, Csaba Szalontai, Gabriella Vörös KESZTHELY Geodetic Maps and Instruments from the collection of National Technical Museum Helikon Castle Museum, Ybl Riding-School 16 April - 24 August 2003 PUBLIC RELATIONS FLORALIA Aquincum Museum, Óbuda 31 May - 1 June Flower market and poetical games will be organised in the Aquincum Museum for the memory of the one-time Roman Floralia, by the end of May. Information: Ms Katalin Kurucz, museum pedagogist, phone: 00-36-1-45- 40438 RESTORATION - CONSERVATION 21st Restoration Training for Wooden Objects and 17th Training for Metals and Textiles Restoration Place: Damjanich J. Museum, Szolnok, Hungary Date: 26-28 August 2003 Information by e-mail: muzeum@djm.hu, morgos@hnm.hu ISSOM-UNESCO International Summer School of Museology Collections - Protection and Preservation Place: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Brno Date: 26 August - 9 September 2003 Information: www.phil.muni.cz/unesco E-mail: issom@seznam.cz LOOTED OBJECTS This section was compiled with the help of ORFK (National Police Headquarters) On 24 April 2003 four Czóbel paintings were thefted from the Czóbel Museum, Szentendre, Hungary. Information and pictures can be seen on http: //www.pmmi.hu, and in this issue on pp 175-76. 178
