Foundry Museum, Industrial museum in Víziváros district, Budapest, Hungary
The Foundry Museum is an industrial museum in the Víziváros district, housed in a red brick building with distinctive serrated roofline. Inside you find original furnaces, casting vessels, metalworking tools, and decorative cast iron pieces that were made at this factory.
Abraham Ganz founded this iron foundry in 1845, and it operated continuously until 1964 when it became Central Europe's first preserved industrial museum. This transformation saved the facility and turned it into a place where visitors could learn about metalworking history.
The foundry shaped how Budapest developed as an industrial center and reflects the skilled metalworking traditions that defined the city's growth. Walking through the space, you encounter the everyday tools and practices that craftspeople relied on to create their work.
The museum operates during the warmer months from April through October and can get busy during midday hours. Plan for a longer visit since there are exhibits both inside and outside the building that take time to explore.
The outdoor area displays around 50 decorative cast iron stoves in different styles and sizes, ranging from simple to elaborately decorated. These pieces show the range of craftsmanship and design skill that developed at the factory over its many decades of work.
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