Magyar Pénzmúzeum és Látogatóközpont, Money museum in District XII, Hungary
The Magyar Pénzmúzeum is a modern educational museum in Budapest that explores the history and functions of currency through interactive displays. The space contains various hands-on stations and digital tools that show how money works and has evolved over time.
The Hungarian National Bank opened a visitor centre in the former Postapalota on 19 March 2004; it closed for technical reasons on 14 October 2013. The money museum reopened to the public on 16 March 2022 and took its current name. The bank's systematic coin and note collecting began in 1924, and the museum now cares for the country's second-largest numismatic collection.
The permanent exhibition "The Journey of Money" is organised around money's five functions: measuring value, circulation, payment, world money and hoarding. Its graphics and digital surfaces were designed by Graphasel Design Studio. The museum also runs financial-literacy sessions for school groups.
The entrance opens from Sándy Gyula köz, at the corner with Széll Kálmán tér, where Szőke Gábor Miklós's "Robogás" composition stands. The museum occupies three floors, so allow time to walk the whole route. School groups are received for financial-themed sessions, so weekday mornings can be busier.
The museum cares for the Hungarian National Bank's banknote and coin collection, the country's second-largest numismatic collection, begun in 1924. It spans coins, banknotes and securities from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on Hungarian material, and is completed by a collection of bank-history objects and documents.
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