Traveler Description
Housing some of the finest works of foreign art in Hungary, this museum features prints, Ancient Sculpture and a good collection of Old Masters.

Address: Dozsa Gyorgy ut 41
Phone: 1-343-9759


Traveler Reviews

Excellent temporary exhibitions
Reviewed by margoCork on Mar 2, 2010


We visited the museum at the Heroes' Square two days ago on Sunday. The very nice building was pretty busy, lot of tourist and locals and we saw two bigger groups of teenagers too. That is the place where you could spend your whole day. We saw only two temporary exhibitions, both the "Degas to Picasso" and the drawings were great.

Budapest El Prado
Reviewed by neddyteddy on Feb 26, 2010


Headquarter of one of the biggest Spanish collection. Its greatest part is the El Greco collection. We were recommended the English language guided tour Thursday evening at 7PM. That night the museum closed at 10PM.

A must-see
Reviewed by DarkWidow on Jan 29, 2010


The Museum of Fine Arts was on my to-do-list while in Budapest in June 2009. After a little mix-up where I ended up in the Museum of Contemporary Art (the two museums are right across from each other, in Heroes? Square), I was finally shown to the place I actually wanted to visit. The museum is absolutely the best I have seen so far, covering artifacts, classical antiquities, painting, sculpture and other truly beautiful must-see items. My favorite had to be the ancient Egyptian art, especially as I had never before had the chance to look up close to an Egyptian mummy (they had both male and female mummies, child mummies and even alligator and other sacred animal mummies!) and all sorts of fascinating items used for rituals. The classical antiquity department was also very nice, with loads of beautiful Roman and Greek art works that simply breathed grace and elegance. While entering the painting gallery, we were pleasantly surprised to find a very talented pianist preparing for his concert later that night. Try to imagine admiring some of those gorgeous paintings with amazingly well played soothing music played right in the middle of that very gallery. It made us enjoy our experience even more. However, by the time we got up the stairs, the museum attendants informed us that it was closing time, so we never got to see anything on that floor! We didn?t even realize how over two hours had gone by so fast only in three of their galleries. I wish the woman who had sold us the tickets had informed us that there wasn?t enough time for us to see everything. However, as my only complaint is the fact that I didn?t get to see all of the beauty this place had to offer, I advise you to reserve a whole day (or at least go there early) for this well established museum, as it definitely has something for everyone and will only leave you craving for more.

A Truly Outstanding Art Museum
Reviewed by margatemensch on Dec 4, 2009


This huge art museum has very comprehensive collections of Italian(Late Gothic to the Late 18th Century),Spanish(from the Late 1300's to Goya),Netherlandish(GerardDavid,Memling,Isenbrant),German(Westphalian Master to the late l800's)and Dutch Master(Frans Hals,Salomon Van Ruisdael,Pieter Saendredam,just to mention a few)paintings.Painters especially well-represented included;El Greco,Alonso Cano,Goya,Adrien Isenbrant,Frans Hals,Salomon Van Ruisdael,Spinello Aretino,Duccio,Jacopo Tintoretto,Sebastiano Ricci,Camille Pissarro,Cranach the Elder,and Oscar Kokoshka.I spent several days enjoying this very fine art museum and I highly recommend it.

One of the Best
Reviewed by ByeAire on Oct 9, 2009


The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest is one of the finest exhibits of art that I have visited in recent years. The first time I visited the museum in 2003 I was so mesmorized by the artwork displayed, I did not realize that I had moved from floor to floor. When I revisited Budapest two years later, I revisted the museum and felt the same entrancement as the first and I was so excited to be able to go back, and this time to share all this beautiful artwork with my daughter. Located on top of Castle Hill overlooking the city and the Danube River with its outdoor courtyards, sculptures and fountains is absolutely breathtaking. Don't miss staying through sunset and watch the city light up.