The Museum of Applied Arts ( hu, Iparművészeti Múzeum) is a museum in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croat ...
. It is the third-oldest
applied arts
The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them aesthetically pleasing."Applied art" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of Art''. Online edition. Oxford Univer ...
museum in the world.
[
]
Architecture
The museum was built between 1893 and 1896 and was designed by Ödön Lechner
Ödön Lechner (born Eugen Lechner, 27 August 1845 – 10 June 1914) was a Hungary, Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Art Nouveau, Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, i ...
in the Hungarian Secession style. It has a green
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combin ...
roof and the interior is designed using Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
, Mogul, and Islamic
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main ...
designs.
Collection
The museum houses a collection of metalwork, furniture, textiles, and glass. It also has a library. There are two other locations: the Hopp Ferenc Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts and Nagytétény Palace.
The museum is located near the southern end of the Grand Boulevard in the neighborhood Ferencváros
Ferencváros () is the 9th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest IX. kerülete), Hungary.
Name
The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.
History
The development of F ...
and it can be accessed by metro line 3.
Gallery
File:Iparművészeti légifotó.jpg, Aerial view of the museum
File:Iparművészeti Múzeum, részlet.jpg, Facade detail
File:Budapest.Kunstgewerbemuseum.Decke.wmt.jpg, Ceiling detail
File:Iparművészeti Múzeum (1070. számú műemlék) 18.jpg, Roof detail
File:Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest.jpg, Lantern, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
References
External links
*
The museum's web page
*
* ttps://artsandculture.google.com/partner/iparmuveszeti-muzeum?hl=en Virtual tour of the Museum of Applied Artsprovided by Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture (formerly Google Art Project) is an online platform of high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organizations throughout the world.
It utilizes high-resolution image technol ...
*
Museums in Budapest
Landmarks in Hungary
Art museums and galleries in Hungary
Decorative arts museums
Art Nouveau architecture in Budapest
Applied Arts
The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them aesthetically pleasing."Applied art" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of Art''. Online edition. Oxford Univer ...
Buildings and structures completed in 1896
Visionary environments
{{Hungary-museum-stub