Géza Gárdonyi Memorial Museum, Literary memorial museum in Eger, Hungary.
The Géza Gárdonyi Memorial Museum is the former home of the Hungarian writer and displays his study room, personal belongings, and a collection of around ten thousand books. The building preserves the spaces where he lived and worked from 1897 to 1922.
The house was Gárdonyi's home from 1897 to 1922, where he wrote his best-known novel. It opened as a museum in 1952 to preserve his literary legacy.
The house shows how the writer lived among his books and possessions, with his study arranged exactly as he used it for his literary work. Visitors can see the everyday spaces where he created his novels and spent his daily life.
The museum is located near Eger Castle and offers guided tours in multiple languages. It is open Tuesday through Sunday, and visitors should check in advance if tours are available in their preferred language.
Gárdonyi had the rear room of the old house doubled in length in 1899 and cut a skylight into the ceiling above his large desk, since he usually kept the porch windows tightly shut. The room measures 11 metres, and this ceiling opening was his main source of daylight while writing.
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