György Ráth Museum, Art museum in District VI, Budapest, Hungary.
The György Ráth Museum occupies an eclectic villa built in 1880 at Városligeti fasor 12 in Terézváros, bought by collector György Ráth in 1901. Géza Györgyi remodelled the building, Gyula Jungfer forged the staircase railing and Pál Horti designed the hall furniture. Since 2018 the rooms hold some 600 Art Nouveau pieces from the Museum of Applied Arts, including Zsolnay ceramics, Gallé and Tiffany glass and Lalique jewellery.
The museum was founded in 1906 based on the private collection of György Ráth, who served as the first director general of the Museum of Applied Arts. His role as a major figure in Hungarian decorative arts helped shape how this collection was preserved and presented to the public.
The museum is named after György Ráth, whose personal collection forms the foundation of what visitors see today. Walking through the rooms shows how a wealthy early twentieth-century collector lived and displayed his treasures, offering insight into the lifestyle and taste of that era.
The villa stands at Városligeti fasor 12 in Terézváros, District VI, on the Pest side, a short walk from the City Park and Andrássy Avenue. The building is entered from the street and the exhibition is arranged over a few floors, so a visit fits into an hour and a half to two hours.
The ground floor preserves its original room arrangement with distinct spaces like the entry hall, study, gems room, parlor, sitting room, and picture gallery. This intact layout gives visitors a rare sense of how a collector actually lived and arranged his home rather than viewing objects in abstract gallery spaces.
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