Iparmúveszeti Múzeum (Museum of Applied Arts)

Frommer's Review

It's worth a trip to the Museum of Applied Arts just to see the marvelous building that houses the collection. The museum was designed by Odön Lechner in the 1890s. Lechner, whose most famous creation is the Town Hall in the Great Plain city of Kecskemét, was an incredibly adventurous architect who combined traditional Hungarian folk elements with the Art Nouveau style of his time. If you're impressed by this structure, pay a visit to the former Post Office Savings Bank on Hold utca, another fine example of Lechner's work. The museum's ceramic decoration comes from the famous Zsolnay factory in Pécs. Permanent exhibits, which are made up of antique decorative arts from all over Europe, are divided into five sections: furniture; textiles; metalwork; ceramics, porcelain, and glass; and an eclectic display of books, leather, and ivory. Much of the museum's space is given to temporary exhibitions.

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