Kovács Margit Ceramics Museum, Ceramic art museum in Szentendre, Hungary.
Kovács Margit Ceramics Museum occupies a Baroque building erected in the early 18th century as a salt depot on Vastagh György utca, later a postal station, a parish house, a merchant's house and the Vastagh family's home. Its Görög utca façade has a row of windows with convent grilles. A 110-square-metre wing by architect Kocsis József, with a ceramic façade by Asszonyi Tamás, Csíkszentmihályi Róbert, Szabó Tamás and Szentirmai Zoltán, opened on 13 January 2011.
The building was erected in the early 18th century in Baroque style as a salt depot; it later served as a postal station, a parish house, the merchant house of Dimsitz Vazul and the home of the Vastagh family. In 1972 Margit Kovács donated a substantial part of her oeuvre to the Ferenczy Museum, and the museum opened in 1973 during her lifetime. A 110-square-metre wing designed by József Kocsis was added and inaugurated on 13 January 2011.
The museum opened in 1973 during Margit Kovács's lifetime, after she donated a substantial part of her oeuvre to the Ferenczy Museum, then raised to county rank. Her donation contract is displayed in the exhibition. In 1974 she also gave works to her native Győr, where the city art museum keeps a permanent show in her memory.
The museum stands at Vastagh György utca 1, with its entrance and ceramic-clad facade on Görög utca. The 2011 wing, designed by architect Kocsis József, added 110 square metres of multifunctional space. The first-floor gallery, arranged since 1979, recalls Margit Kovács's home and studio.
The upper gallery has commemorated Margit Kovács's home and studio since 1979, two years after her death. The museum opened in 1973 during her lifetime, and her donation contract is displayed in the exhibition. In the 1970s it was the most visited museum in Hungary.
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