Museum of Budapest

Budapest (or some version of the City) has existed since the 1100’s. The geographic location with a hill for views, a river for travel and hot baths for medicinal and cultural value made the area an easy place to live. The Museum of Budapest tells the story of the many, many, many years of cultural life of the area of what is now know as Budapest.
After a morning spent at the museum of terror this museum was a happier diversion but wow, covering over 1,000 years of history was a lot to see. Time permitting a second visit will help.
My favorite part was what they called the Sculpture graveyard. It seems that as Monarchs changed, their marble sculptures needed to be changed also. Within the walls of Buda Castle a sculpture studio existed and when there was a change of Kings the unfinished sculptures were tossed aside in a waste pile. During the archeological digs these piles were found. The unfinished pieces shed light of the process of marble sculpting and this collection in the Sculpture Graveyard is one of the largest collection in the world.
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