Event Report: “Light & Shadow”: The 1,000-Year History Of Budapest
- 5 Sep 2013 12:40 PM
“Light and Shadow” at The Budapesti Történeti Múzeum, takes you back 1000 years - in an elegant display - in the history of Budapest. It is set against a backdrop of blue and green, which meanders along the Danube guiding you through the flow of time, from Roman prehistory, through the Hungarian conquest to the present.
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The exhibition explores themes, such as the bath culture, with artifacts from the Rudas Bath, or the viticulture, which ended in the 19th century when insects wiped out most of the city’s grapevines, paving the way for Buda to become home to the elegant villas which are still here today.
There is so much more to this exhibition though. It is well worth a trip to the wonderful setting of the “Castle district”, going back in time at your leisure.
The exhibition, which is accompanied by English translations, also features interactive touch-screen displays that visitors can use to view historical photographs of the city and its inhabitants, so you can re-live the past in the present.
Words and photos by Russell Skidmore for XpatLoop.com
After an extensive career in advertising - as an Art Director & Creative Director in London, Paris and Budapest for leading agencies - Russel transferred the skills and knowledge gained to the development of his own successful company covering wedding, event, PR and portrait photography: www.russell-skidmore-photography.co.uk
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