101 result(s) for ethnography museum
Now On: 'Research On Sacred Song', Museum Of Ethnography In Budapest
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In Hungarian, songs sung by a religious congregation either in church, or on other liturgical occasions, are known as "népénekek," translated for the purposes of this exhibition as "vernacular sacred songs". These include not only church songs, but also songs associated with various religious folk customs, songs of greeting, and songs sung at wakes. Most vernacular sacred songs were not folk ...
Now On: 'Casa Mare', Photos By Frank Gaudlitz, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest
- 16 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Frank Gaudlitz visited various multi-ethnic regions of Eastern and South Eastern Europe, including Transylvania, Maramureş and Dobrudja in Romania, Southern Hungary, the Republic of Moldova as well as Vojvodina in Serbia. He photographed the people belonging to the immensely diverse ethnic minorities of these regions - Germans, Hungarians, Romanians, Roma and Muslim Roma, Turks, Tartars, ...
Invitation: World Press Photo Exhibition, Budapest's Museum of Ethnography
- 27 Sep 2012 11:45 AM
- entertainment
World Press Photo is an extensive mirror on the modern world, an event important to both visual culture and historical scholarship. It may be stated without exaggeration that the exhibit is one of the most popular cultural events in Budapest.
Now On: 'Breaking The Ice' Exhibition, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest
- 18 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
For most people climate change remains a distant and intangible risk. In North Greenland, the climate change are a reality. In the recent decades, average temperatures in the Arctic has risen twice as fast as the rest of the world, and climate change is likely to accelerate further in the next decades.
Now On: 'Women, Hand-Woven Rugs, Home Industry ', Museum Of Ethnography
- 18 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In some peasant communities wool carpets were major items in a woman's trousseau. They were spread on the beds for display in the front room, used as table covers, served to emphasise the solemnity of an occasion and placed as a background for family photos. In the last third of the 19th century, together with other creations of folk art, scholars and politicians became aware of woven carpets, ...
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Now On: Transylvanian Churches Exhibition, Museum of Ethnography
- 12 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The works exhibited show important sites of our built heritage, Calvinist, Roman Catholic, Unitarian, Greek Catholic, Orthodox, churches and bell towers from multiethnic and multidenominational Transylvania. The watercolours, pen drawings, pencil drawings, interior and exterior photographs made between 1880 and 1920 used the means of documentation and art to represent not only the sacral ...
Metamorphoses: From Palace Of Justice To Museum In Budapest Exhibition
- 8 Dec 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 1974, more than 100 years after the it was founded, the Museum of Ethnography began a move that took several years, into the building of the Hungarian National Gallery - originally the Palace of Justice, the palace of the Hungarian supreme court. The elegant court building had been remodelled for museum use in the 1950s, starting with a complete redesign of its interior spaces.
Hungarian Folk Art, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest, Shown Now
- 8 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There are probably still a great many people whose pulses quicken at the mention of "folk art", as even today, the collection and use of such objects - whether actual antiques, or contemporary pieces produced to preserve traditional culture - is remarkably widespread.
Now On: 'Research On Sacred Song', Museum Of Ethnography In Budapest
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In Hungarian, songs sung by a religious congregation either in church, or on other liturgical occasions, are known as "népénekek," translated for the purposes of this exhibition as "vernacular sacred songs". These include not only church songs, but also songs associated with various religious folk customs, songs of greeting, and songs sung at wakes. Most vernacular sacred songs were not folk ...
Now On: 'Casa Mare', Photos By Frank Gaudlitz, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest
- 16 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Frank Gaudlitz visited various multi-ethnic regions of Eastern and South Eastern Europe, including Transylvania, Maramureş and Dobrudja in Romania, Southern Hungary, the Republic of Moldova as well as Vojvodina in Serbia. He photographed the people belonging to the immensely diverse ethnic minorities of these regions - Germans, Hungarians, Romanians, Roma and Muslim Roma, Turks, Tartars, ...
Invitation: World Press Photo Exhibition, Budapest's Museum of Ethnography
- 27 Sep 2012 11:45 AM
- entertainment
World Press Photo is an extensive mirror on the modern world, an event important to both visual culture and historical scholarship. It may be stated without exaggeration that the exhibit is one of the most popular cultural events in Budapest.
Now On: 'Breaking The Ice' Exhibition, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest
- 18 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
For most people climate change remains a distant and intangible risk. In North Greenland, the climate change are a reality. In the recent decades, average temperatures in the Arctic has risen twice as fast as the rest of the world, and climate change is likely to accelerate further in the next decades.
Now On: 'Women, Hand-Woven Rugs, Home Industry ', Museum Of Ethnography
- 18 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In some peasant communities wool carpets were major items in a woman's trousseau. They were spread on the beds for display in the front room, used as table covers, served to emphasise the solemnity of an occasion and placed as a background for family photos. In the last third of the 19th century, together with other creations of folk art, scholars and politicians became aware of woven carpets, ...
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Now On: Transylvanian Churches Exhibition, Museum of Ethnography
- 12 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The works exhibited show important sites of our built heritage, Calvinist, Roman Catholic, Unitarian, Greek Catholic, Orthodox, churches and bell towers from multiethnic and multidenominational Transylvania. The watercolours, pen drawings, pencil drawings, interior and exterior photographs made between 1880 and 1920 used the means of documentation and art to represent not only the sacral ...
Metamorphoses: From Palace Of Justice To Museum In Budapest Exhibition
- 8 Dec 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 1974, more than 100 years after the it was founded, the Museum of Ethnography began a move that took several years, into the building of the Hungarian National Gallery - originally the Palace of Justice, the palace of the Hungarian supreme court. The elegant court building had been remodelled for museum use in the 1950s, starting with a complete redesign of its interior spaces.
Hungarian Folk Art, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest, Shown Now
- 8 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There are probably still a great many people whose pulses quicken at the mention of "folk art", as even today, the collection and use of such objects - whether actual antiques, or contemporary pieces produced to preserve traditional culture - is remarkably widespread.