Museums and galleries in Sopron

Museums and galleries in Sopron

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   Baker House Museum

   Pék-Ház

   From 1686 to 1970, the owners of the house were bakers. After that, the City Council decided to open an exhibition in the building, keeping the entire interior untouched. More in Hungarian.

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   Caesar-House

   Caesar-ház, Soproni Horváth József Gyűjtemény

   A corner house. Baroque building with late Renaissance details, built in the 17th and 18th centuries. The second-floor hall made ​​around 1700, early baroque, ornamental stucco ceiling. József Horváth Painter Memorial Exhibition.

   Thu-Sun 10:00-13:00, Sat 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00, or by appointment·Adults: Ft 600, student, senior: Ft 300

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   Chapter Hall

   Káptalan Terem

   Public Exhibition Room. Gothic origins at the end of the 13th century, renovated in the beginning of the 14-15th centuries. Ornamental and figurative painting remains, from the 14th century

   Apr-Oct: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00, Nov-Mar: daily 10:00-16:00

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   Fabricius-House

   Fabricius-ház

   From the 14th century with interior from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Gothic hall is a wonderful piece of architecture, but the two story loggia with open staircase in the courtyard and the Gothic and Baroque cellars of the rear building also deserve special attention. The owners of the building were always rich citizens and traders with high ranking social positions. The house is named after one of the owners, mayor and magistrate Endre Fabricius, who purchased the house in 1806. There is a medieval cellar hall with a Roman Lapidary. Here is the former Roman Capitol decorating Trias sculpture group. Three exhibits: Roman Lapidary, "Three thousand years along the Amber Road" archaeological exhibition and 17th and 18th. century bourgeois interior furnishing. Protected Monument

   Apr-Sep Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 or by appointment·Adult/reduced tickets: History of Sopron and its Surroundings Ft 700/350, Archaeological Exhibition - Roman Lapidary Ft 700/350, Town Residences Ft 800/400 (2014)

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   Fertőrákos

   German: Kroisbach, Croatian: Rakuš

   Highlights: open-air museum of the beautiful stone quarry, and the Fertőrákos mithraeum (Mithras Sanctuary).

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   Firewatch Tower

   Tűztorony, Ger.:Feuerturm

   Landmark of the city is the "fire tower", with a museum of history of the city. 61 m high, there is a wonderful panoramic view from the top. Its cylindrical lower part was built on the remains of the Roman town wall, and served as the north tower of the city from the 13th century onwards. Also on top of the tower is a double-headed eagle, that was a gift from King Ferdinánd II and Queen Eleonóra for the parliamentary session and queen's coronation, both held in Sopron in 1622.

   Jan-Mar: daily 09:00-17:00, Apr: daily 10:00-18:00; May-Aug: Mon-Fri 10:00-20:00, Sep-Oct daily 10:00-18:00; Nov: daily 09:00-17:00; Dec: daily 09:00-17:00·Ft 1150

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   Harka

   German: Harkau, Croatian: Horka, Huorka

   St. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church (1309), Lutheran Church (1787), Millennium Monument (1896), War Memorial (1923), Local History Exhibition, Istenszéke summit with the remains of an earthwork (7th century BC). To stay: two guesthouses 7 rooms and 28 beds.

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   Károly Lookout Tower

   Károly Kilátó

   There is an exhibition hall. The 23-m-high lookout tower, made of quarry-stone, there is a highly interesting exhibition introducing the activity of three natural scientists of European fame - Pál Kitaibel, Endre Gombocz and Zoltán Kárpáti - as well as the main characteristics of the Sopron Nature Conservation Area. - Services: café, buffet, toilet/WC.

   Open Jan-Feb 09:00-16:00, Mar 09:00-17:00 Apr 09:00-18:00, May-Aug 09:00-20:00, Sep 09:00-19:00, Oct 09:00-18:00, Nov-Dec 09:00-16:00, (24-25-26 Dec: closed)·Adult/Student,pensioners/For groups: Ft 400/300/200

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   Lenk Villa - Franz Liszt Museum

   Lenk-villa – Liszt Ferenc Múzeum

   The Lenk merchant family erected in 1890, eclectic style by architect Otto Hofer. In front of the main entrance are two stone statues: symbolic representations of the truth. The main entrance decorated with columns and a tympanum. A park situated around the museum. In the park can be seen rare plants, Baroque sculptures and old tombs from the Lutheran cemetery, also here is the 'Baker cross' dating from 1484.

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    Ligneum Visitor Center

    Ligneum Látogatóközpont

    Ecotourism Visitor and Education Center, art museum, exhibition hall, art collection.

    Mon-Sat 09:00-16:30, Sun closed·0-3 years free, children, students, retired, disabled: Ft 500, adult: Ft 900 (2014)

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    Liszt Ferenc Cultural Centre

    Liszt Ferenc Kulturális és Konferencia Központ

    Former Casino. A five-storey building with conference, theater, dance, concerts, session and exhibition halls. The piano virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher Franz Liszt was born in Doborján (Raiding), in former Sopron County. The house where he was born is a memorial museum today. Today the new Conference and Cultural Centre, a choir, and the town's symphony orchestra bear the name of the Maestro. One of the most beautiful buildings in the city centre.

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    Mining Memorial House

    Bányászati Emlékház - Brennbergbánya

    A technical/industrial museum. Brennbergbánya was one of the largest Hungarian coal mining colony more than 200 years ago. The museum is in the first steam engine supplier shaft engine room (1840). The exhibition shows the mine creation, development, the supplies of miner life and a part of a miner's flat.

    Open only summer May-Sep Wed-Sun 14:00-18:00·Ft 500/250

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    Mining Museum in Palais Esterhazy

    Central Mining Museum, Központi Bányászati Múzeum

    Baroque building. This is the largest and most comprehensive mining collection] of Hungary. The most interesting part of the exhibition is a life-size mineshaFt from the beginning of the 20th century. This museum offering an unforgettable experience to Hungarian and foreign tourists, with signs in German, English and Slovakian.

    Nov-Mar: Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00; Apr-Oct: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00·Ft 700/400

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    Pan-European Picnic Memorial Place

    Páneurópai Piknik Emlékhely

    This is a memorial site, an open-air museum. The Pan-European Picnic at the Austrian-Hungarian border, held on August 19, 1989, was a peace demonstration that was an important antecedent of the fall of the Iron Curtain and the European Union's eastern enlargement.

    Open now · open 24 hours·Free

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    Pannónia Gallery

    Pannónia Galéria

    Monthly a new exhibition can be seen in the gallery. Services: café, buffet, toilet/WC, cloak-room

    Daily 09:00-17:00·Free

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    Pharmacy Museum

    Patika-ház

    Built in 15th–16th centuries. The former Angel Pharmacy operated in this house from the middle of the 17th century. Reconstructed in 1850, when the Gensel family extended the house by bricking up the arcades and the corridor. The house was pronounced the first national monument in Hungary by Louis II of Hungary in 1525. Protected Monument

    Apr-Sep: Tue-Sun 10:00-14:00·Adult/reduced Ft 500/250

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    Rejpal House

    Rejpal Ház

    Museum. Medieval details. Renaissance, around 1560. Expanded in the 1790s. The ceilings of the second floor painted, carved, wood-beamed also there is some decorative wall painting, 16th century. The two-level dwelling house medieval predecessor was raised Roman building remains. Its present shape formed in the second half of the 16th century Renaissance style, although significant medieval details - such as the Gothic staircase - is preserved. Yard wings expanded the 16th and 17th centuries. At one time it was owned by tradesmen (blacksmiths, butchers, confectioners). In front of the house is the statue of the painter Jozef Horvath.

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    St. John the Baptist Church

    Keresztelő Szent János Templom

    rigin of 13th century, Gothic, late 15th century. Vault 1519-1521, radically restored in 1890, based jr. Franz Storno plans. There are murals and inscriptions from 1519, located at gallery of organ.

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    Storno House museum

    Storno-gyűjtemény

    A Baroque corner house with Renaissance elements. The building are the closed, round, two-storey corner balcony with its rich ornamentation, the basket-arched gate with the Festetics family’s coat of arms between the two Tuscan half pillars, and the door knockers with their pelican motifs. Here is the Local History Exhibition. The authentic documents and relics collected since 1867

    Jan-Mar: Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00, Apr-Oct: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00. Nov: Tue-Sun 09:00-17:00, Dec Tue-Sun 09:00-17:00·Ft 1000

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    Synagogue

    Zsinagóga

    A dwelling house with medieval details. Built in Baroque style, 18th century. The courtyard wing of the house is a synagogue, now a museum, Built in Gothic, circa 1350. Modified in the second half of the 15th century.

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    Zettl-Langer collection

    Zettl-Langer Gyűjtemény

    A local history collection. http://www.museum.hu/museum/index_hu.php?ID=380 More in Hungarian

    Daily 10:00-12:00 for groups by appointment·Ft 800

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Sopron (CC BY-SA 4.0).