Néprajzi Múzeum Budapest
Néprajzi Múzeum Budapest
We are delighted to welcome the Néprajzi Múzeum Budapest as a participant of the WanBel global project.
The special tour of the collection challenges stereotypes and takes us on a voyage through the perspective of the artworks.
Among cannibals? – exploring Papuan objects
Curator-led tour of the Collection Exhibition in Oct, 2025
During the curator's guided tour, we will learn about the artworks from the Oceania region featured in the exhibition. How did this carefully guarded, uniquely rich and outstanding collection find its way to the Museum of Ethnography? The program offers insight into the adventurous journey of the artifacts, and we will also discuss what all this can offer us and the source community today. During the guided tour, we will visit the collection exhibition and the Ceramics Room.
With this program, the museum pays tribute to the culture of Papua New Guinea, which celebrates 50 years of independence on September 16.
The guided tour will be led by museologist Anna Biró.
“It is only in the mirror of our neighbours, relatives, and the rest of the world that even the most beautiful Hungarian collection can reflect a true, scientific picture, and not a misleading one.”
Museum Director Vilibáld Semayer, 1913
As one of the earliest ethnographic museums in Europe, the Museum of Ethnography has been collecting, archiving, preserving, researching, and transmitting the traditional and modern cultural artefacts of Hungarian, European, and world communities since 1872. The museum is a collection of objects, images, textual material, audio recordings, and thoughts that serves as a rich and multi-faceted resource for learning about the world.
learn more: https://neprajz.hu/en/kulturstrategia