The Ottó Herman Museum is the largest museum in
Miskolc
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, Hungary. It holds more than 600,000 artifacts. Its main focus is on
archaeology
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,
mineralogy
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, arts, history, and
ethnography
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.
History
The museum was founded in 1899 under the name Borsod-Miskolcz Museum (Borsod is the historical
county
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whose capital is Miskolc, and Miskolcz is an archaic spelling of the name of the city.) It became state property in 1949. The museum took the name of the famous
polymath
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Ottó Herman in 1953. Since 1963, it collects artifacts not only from Miskolc and Borsod, but from the whole unified
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county.
Exhibition sites belonging to the Ottó Herman Museum
The museum has several buildings both in Miskolc and in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. The one near Erzsébet square in Miskolc is the oldest. It hosts the mineral collection. The main building on Görgey street was built in 1952; it holds the arts museum, library, and storerooms.
The
Pannonian Sea Museum is one of the new parts of the museum, which opened in 2013.
Other exhibition sites are the
Abaúj Museum at
Forró
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, the
Bodrogköz Castle Museum of
Pácin, the
Ferenc Kazinczy Museum of
Sátoraljaújhely
Sátoraljaújhely (German language, German: ''Neustadt am Zeltberg''; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom;'' Yiddish: ''איהעל'') is a border town located in Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén County, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hu ...
, the
Ferenc Kazinczy Memorial Hall in
Széphalom, the Gallery of
Sárospatak
Sárospatak (; ; Serbian language, Serbian: Муд Стреам; Slovak language, Slovakian: ''Šarišský Potok, Blatný Potok)''
History
The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Sárospatak was granted town status in 1201 by Emeric ...
, the
Gömör Museum of
Putnok, the
László Holló Gallery of Putnok, the
Matyó Museum of
Mezőkövesd
Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies from Miskolc and from Eger.
Mezőkövesd is a town in northeastern Hungary, located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, near the Bükk Mountains. It is known as the ...
, the
Agricultural Machines Museum of Mezőkövesd, the
Museum of Tokaj in
Tokaj
Tokaj () is a historical town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 54 kilometers from county capital Miskolc. It is the centre of the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district where Tokaji wine is produced.
History
The wine-growing area ...
, and the
Zemplén Museum of
Szerencs.
External links
Official websitePannon Sea Museum official websitePannon Sea Museum on the official Miskolc websiteMuseums in Miskolc on the official Miskolc website
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Art museums and galleries in Hungary
Museums in Miskolc
Natural history museums in Hungary
Museums established in 1899
1899 establishments in Hungary
Geology museums
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