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Venue of the Meeting is:
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Dózsa György út 41, 1146 Budapest
About the Museum
The millenary session of the Hungarian Parliament in 1896 passed a law whereby art
collections previously held in different institutions were to be unified and placed
in the newly-established Museum of Fine Arts.
On the basis of a competitive tender, Albert Schickendanz and Fülöp Herzog were
commissioned to design and construct the building, which opened in 1906. The gallery
displaying original paintings was placed in the first floor halls of the neo-classical
building; however, only plaster casts were available to illustrate a complete history
of European sculpture. It was for these life-size copy sculptures that the Doric,
Ionic, Romanesque, Renaissance and Baroque halls on the ground floor were designed,
imitating the styles of individual periods of art history.
Location
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest is situated on Heroe’s Square, one of the most famous
hihglights of Budapest, at the end of Andrássy Street, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It can be reached easliy by underground from any part of te city.
Access to the Museum of Fine Arts
by 4, red (express) 4, red 20 and 30 buses (Hősök tere / Heroes’ Square station);
by 75 and 79 trolley-buses (Hősök tere / Heroes’ Square station), 72 trolley-bus
(Szondi utca station); by M1 - Underground (Hősök tere / Heroes’ Square station).
The lift by the main entrance may be used by physically handicapped visitors.
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