Rippl-Rónai Museum, Art museum in Kaposvár, Hungary
The Rippl-Rónai Museum occupies two sites on Fő utca in Kaposvár: the neoclassical former County Hall at number 10, built between 1828 and 1832 to plans by Ferenc Török, and number 101, where part of the museum moved in 2011. Its permanent exhibitions cover archaeology, ethnography, natural history and fine art, including the Rippl-Rónai Ödön collection.
The Somogy County Archaeological and Historical Society, founded in 1877, gathered the archaeological and historical material that Ferenc Gönczi turned into a museum association collection in 1909. In 1936 this collection became a public collection under the name Count István Széchenyi Museum, with Gönczi as director until his death in 1948. The museum was named after the Kaposvár painter József Rippl-Rónai in 1951. It long occupied the neoclassical former County Hall, built 1828–1832 to plans by Ferenc Török; when the county government moved back there at the end of 2011, part of the museum transferred to Fő utca 101.
The museum takes its name from Kaposvár-born painter József Rippl-Rónai, honoured in 1951. Its core is his 1,355-piece bequest, including 976 paintings, assembled by the Somogy County Archaeological and Historical Society. The permanent displays also cover Somogy ethnography, archaeology and natural history, with a separate Rippl-Rónai Ödön collection of fine and applied art.
The museum occupies two sites: the County Hall building at Fő utca 10 and Fő utca 101, where part of the collection moved at the end of 2011. Check which displays are at each address before setting out, since the permanent exhibitions are divided between them.
The museum's Rippl-Rónai bequest numbers 1,355 pieces, among them 976 paintings. A travelling exhibition of the Seuso Treasure, held in the Anker House from 29 December 2017 to 21 January 2018, drew more than 22,300 visitors, a record in the museum's history.
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