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Best museums in Budapest

9 places from 5 Budapest travel vlogs, most-mentioned first. The play button jumps to that moment in the video.

9 places

  1. House of Terror

    Museum · Terézváros

    A museum in the former headquarters of the Nazi and Communist secret police, documenting terror under both regimes, with torture and execution cells in the basement.

  2. Hospital in the Rock

    Museum · Várnegyed

    A former hospital and bunker built into the caves beneath Castle Hill, used mainly during World War II and now open to visitors.

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7 more picks, each from a single vlog, so not ranked.

  1. Memento Park

    Museum · XXII. kerület

    An open-air park on the edge of town gathering toppled communist-era statues of Lenin, Marx and others. Its gift shop sells communist kitsch souvenirs.

  2. Hungarian National Museum

    Museum · Józsefváros

    Hungary's most important museum, covering over a thousand years of history from the Magyars to the Stalinist era. The first calls for the 1848 revolution rang out from its steps.

  3. Hungarian National Gallery

    Museum · Várnegyed

    One of the museums housed in the Buda Castle palace building.

  4. Budapest History Museum

    Museum · Várnegyed

    A museum inside the Buda Castle palace building covering the city's history.

  5. House of Music Hungary

    Museum · Városliget

    One of the museums and exhibition spaces in City Park.

  6. Museum of Ethnography

    Museum · Városliget

    A museum in City Park, one of the park's cultural attractions.

  7. Museum of Fine Arts

    Museum · Városliget

    A major art museum in the City Park area.