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Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA

This is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest. Visit MTA's Collection of Art (Művészeti Gyűjtemény) In the exhibition rooms of the former Esterházy Gallery on the third floor of the Academy, contains portraits, landscapes, historical genre paintings, archaeological drawings, as well as the noted 19th-century gynaecologist Gyula Elischer's Goethe Collection, and the fine art objects of the Széchenyi Museum. The richest donation to this collection was made by Count István Széchenyi.

Address
V. Széchenyi István tér 9. 3rd floor
Getting there
bus 16, 105 from: Deák Ferenc tér, or tram: 2, 2B, 23
Hours
Mon & Fri 11:00-16:00

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Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.