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History · since 2004
Holocaust Memorial Center
original name: Holokauszt Emlékközpont
Of the three places in Budapest that speak about the Holocaust, this is the only one with a permanent scholarly display; the House of Terror folds two dictatorships into one story, and the shoes on the Danube bank are a sign without an explanation. Against Yad Vashem in Jerusalem or the Washington museum the exhibition here is small and speaks of one country. What it does, it does exactly: the Hungarian year 1944 is laid out week by week, and the speed of it becomes visible.
Minimum route
1.5–2 hours
Founded
2004
Ticket
free entry
Today
closed today
What to see
The Baumhorn synagogue of 1923, its hall restored and standing inside the new building. The permanent exhibition: the road from the loss of civil rights to the deportations of 1944, told through documents, objects and the fortunes of particular families. The wall of names in the courtyard.
Minimum route — 1.5–2 hours for the essentials
20 minutes in the synagogue. 50 minutes in the permanent exhibition. 10 minutes in the courtyard at the wall of names.
Reference
About the museum
The centre opened in 2004 around the synagogue in Páva utca, built in 1923 to plans by Lipót Baumhorn. István Mányi designed the new wing, whose walls are deliberately displaced as an earthquake displaces a building. The permanent display sets out the persecution and destruction of Hungary’s Jews and Roma.
Getting in
How to get there
Metro M3 to Ferenc körút, then ten minutes on foot along Tűzoltó utca.
Opening timeschecked on 22 August 2026, the museum website
closed today
| Mon–Fri, Sun | 10:00–18:00 |
| Sat today | closed |
Closed on Saturdays. The ticket desk closes at 17:00.
Ticketschecked on 22 August 2026, the museum website
Admission free.
When to go
A weekday morning, we would say: the display is heavy going, and a crowd makes it harder.
Contacts
Nearby
- National Museum 1.2 km from here
- Jewish Museum 1.7 km from here
- Stamp Museum 2.1 km from here
If this moved you
In the same city
If after 1944 you want to see what that life had been before it, the community’s ritual silver and books are kept at the synagogue on Dohány utca.
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