BALASSA BÁLINT MÚZEUM. Esztergom, Hungary (1976)

BALASSA BÁLINT MÚZEUM
Esztergom

Ticket Nº 002417.
2 Ft.
(1976)

The Bálint Balassa Museum of the Hungarian National Museum is one of the Esztergom's museums with the largest collection areas, its mission is the research, study, processing and preserving of the area’s traditions and heritage, besides playing a highly important role in the city's cultural life. Its vast and complex collection includes pieces of fine art, archaeological finds, ethnographic relics, a unique ship model collection, an arms collection, fine furniture, as well as the city-owned, a several-thousand book collection. All these exceptional pieces serve as source for the museum’s exhibitions of history, archaeology, ethnography and literary history, and for showcasing the lives and work of historical figures, poets, writers and artists who played important roles in the city’s life. The museum is named after Bálint Balassa (or Balassi), a poet and translator who was born in 1554 and died in Esztergom 1594, and wrote in Hungarian, Slovak and Turkish. He is considered the founder of modern Hungarian lyric poetry.

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