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Leading project partner: Archaeocomp Association, Budapest, Erzsébet Marton, curator The territory of Hungary - as a small country in Central Europe - is situated at the historical and cultural crossroads of northern, southern, eastern and western Europe. The same applies to our textile heritage and textile industry. Within the framework of the textile Routes museums are presented which used to be either factories or manufactories, e.g. the Museum of Textile and Clothing Industry in Óbuda (formerly the Goldberger factory), the Blue Print Factory Museum (formerly the Kluge workshop in Pápa) and the Art Colony and City Museum in Gödöllö, or own collections that illustrate the historical textile heritage, for example the Hungarian National Museum, the Museum of Ethnography and the Museum of Applied Art in Budapest. The Hungarian National Museum safeguards the oldest and most precious textile of Hungarian history: the coronation ornate of St. Stephen I. (997-1038), the first king of Hungary. The ornate was embroidered by his wife, Queen Gisella. This Hungarian Route is presenting the rich historical costume collection, including illustrations of the permanent exhibition and of the museum's depot, such as the wedding dress of Queen Maria Habsburg, the wife of Lajos II. (1522), and the wardrobe of the 18th century Majthényi family, which was typical of Hungarian aristocratic dress. The restoration and conservation of historic textiles is being taught in college courses organised by the Hungarian National Museum in cooperation with the University of Art. The Museum of Ethnography also has a well-known textile collection. It is based on the Hungarian ethnographical heritage and on those carpets, rugs and other textiles that were collected in the 19th century by Hungarian expeditions to South America, North Africa and the Far East. The crafts of Hungary are documented in the collections of the Museum of Applied Art, for instance the famous collection of Renaissance and Baroque embroideries. The multicultural ethnographic textile material of the country should not be forgotten, documenting the everyday life of ethnic minorities, which is on view in the Laczkó Dezső Museum Veszprém, in the Déri Museum in Debrecen and in the City Museum of Vásárosnamény not far from the eastern border of Hungary. A number of archaeologists, restorers, biologists, geologists and computer specialists decided to establish an association to promote interdisciplinary research in the fields of archaeology and museology. As part of the technical investigations, this group worked on textile remains and on their technical reconstruction, conservation and restoration. This Archaeocomp Association participated in the EU-MUSONET project to set up internet connections between several Hungarian museums. For this Route Archaeocomp is playing a special role in linking up the local textile heritage with the European virtual textile routes and museums and introducing this heritage to foreign specialists, visitors and tourists. Textile Contact Point (TCP) Museum of Textile and Clothing Industry Lajos utca 136-138. H-1038 Budapest http://www.museum.hu/budapest/textilmuzeum (Hungarian only) |
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 The Textile Museum Óbuda, the former Goldberger factory © Molnár Géza  Inside view of the Textile Museum Óbuda  Costumes of the Hungarian aristocracy, 18th century, Hungarian National Museum |
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