Hungarian Technical and Transportation Museum
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The Magyar Műszaki és Közlekedési Múzeum ("Hungarian Technical and Transportation Museum"), still often referred to by its former name, Közlekedési Múzeum ("Transportation Museum"), is a museum in Budapest, Hungary. It is one of Europe's oldest transportation collections[citation needed].
The museum has a unique collection of
Other parts of the museum are shown:
- The history of road traffic: horse-drawn and machine-driven vehicles, road and bridge building with a collection of old cars, motorcycles, and bicycles.
- The history of sailing. Sailing from the prehistoric ages, the history of Hungarian boat manufacturing is shown by models.
- Deeper in the park there is a permanent exhibition about the history of flight and space flight, including original Hungarian and foreign aircraft, including a Junkers F-13, the first all-metal transport aircraft. It also has the cabin of the first Hungarian astronaut, Bertalan Farkas. The exhibition also demonstrates the development of engines and instruments and modern rocket engineering techniques.
The history of city transportation shows the public traffic in
The museum also owns the collection of planes in Aeropark, an aviation museum dedicated to the history of Hungarian civil aviation, next to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport.
Visitor information
- Address: 11 Városligeti körút, XIV Budapest
Southeastern corner of City Park
The museum is temporarily closed due to reconstruction. After rebuilding, a completely new building will be erected for the renewed collection. For further information, please visit http://kozlekedesimuzeum.hu/
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