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Right Hand of Stalin
This hand is all that remains of the 8-m- VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
(26-ft-) high statue of Stalin that stood in
the Városliget in Budapest. A symbol Practical Information
of the Communist regime, Múzeum körút 14–16. Map 4 E1/
the statue was destroyed F1. Tel (1) 338 21 22 (327 77 73
in the Hungarian for guided tours in English).
Revolution of 1956. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. &
8 - = ∑ mnm.hu
Transport
v 47, 49. q Kálvin tér, Astoria.
@ 9, 15.
Pelisse
Second floor
This short jacket, dating
from around 1620, is
typical of Hungarian
national costume. It
belonged to Gábor
Bethlen, a prince
of Transylvania.
Gothic Well
These reconstructed fragments are
part of a well from the Royal
Palace at Visegrád. The well dates
from the 14th-century rule of the
Angevin dynasty.
Museum Guide
On the first floor is the Coronation
Mantle and the archaeological
exhibition. Second-floor exhibits
comprise Hungarian artifacts from the
11th to the 20th centuries. The lapidaries are
on the ground floor and in the basement.
Key
. Golden Stag
This hand-forged Iron Coronation Mantle
Age figure dates from Archaeological exhibition
the 6th century BC. 11th- to 17th-century exhibition
It was originally
part of a Scythian 18th- to 19th-century exhibition
prince’s shield. 20th-century exhibition
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