NIGHT OF MUSEUMS 2024 | CHANGE OF VENUE!!!
ATTENTION! CHANGE OF VENUE!!!
This year all Night of Museums Events of the Hopp Museum will be held at the Vasarely Museum (1033 Budapest, Szentlélek tér 6.)
This year, our Museums' Night event is focusing on the theme of the two ongoing exhibitions. The cultural heritage of India will be in focus.
Our programmes are realised in cooperation with ICCR Hungary – Amrita Sher Gil Cultural Center.
PROGRAMS AT THE GROUND FLOOR EXHIBITION HALLS
18:00 – 18:15: Opening remarks by Dr. Mukesh Kumar Srivastava, president of ICCR Hungary – Amrita Sher-Gil Cultural Center.
18:15 – 19:00: Lecture on the Gandhāra-exhibition by curator Dr. Anna Aklan (Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts)
19:00 – 19:15: Dances from India – A classic: Odissi. Performed by professional dancer Aniruddha Das, resident artist of ICCR Hungary – Amrita Sher-Gil Cultural Center, and his disciple Zselyke Molnár.
19:15 – 20:00: The Symbolic Significance of Unicorns in the Indus Valley Civilisation. Lecture on the Indus 100 exhibition by Dr. Rita Jeney (Bhaktivedanta College)
20:00 – 20:15: Dances from India – Dances from Bollywood movies, performed by Sapna Srivastava
20:15 – 21:00: The Elephant as a Symbol in Letters from the East. Lecture by Judit Bagi, sinologist and curator of the Archive (Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts)
21:00 – 21:15: Dances from India – Kuchipudi, performed by Dr. Neethu Mohan
21:15 – 22:00: The Lotus Flower, Pinnacle of Perfection. Lecture by Japanese garden design expert Zita Gódorné Hazenauer (Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts)
22:00 – 24:00: Film screening: Bareilly ki Barfi (120’, 2017) in Hindi, with Hungarian subtitles
Directed by: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao
Bitti is a young contemporary girl in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, and is the apple of her father's eye. Like most Indian mothers, Bitti's mother wants to see her daughter get married to a nice man from a good family. Bitti, however, wants a husband who understands her and, more importantly, who accepts her exactly the way she is. Suitors come, but Bitti keeps refusing them. Once, being heartbroken because of her parents’ discussion, she boards a train. On the platform, she chances upon a book at a bookstall and buys it. As she reads the novel titled Bareilly Ki Barfi, Bitti starts to identify with the protagonist. Having found acceptance in the pages of the book, she decides to return home the same night. She longs to meet the writer and thus one day decides to search for the supposed writer of the book, Pritam Vidrohi. The bookshop owner directs her to Chirag Dubey, who owns a printing press and who helped publish the book. What Bitti doesn't know is that Chirag is in fact the true author of the book. Since giving his own name as the writer might destroy his ex-girlfriend's reputation, about whom the book is written, he coaxes one of his meek, so-called friend "Pritam Vidrohi" to have his name as the writer of the book. Bitti tries to get Vidrohi's whereabouts from Chirag but Chirag successfully manages to convince her to write letters to the author instead of meeting him personally. And the lies and adventures start from here in Bitti’s life…
ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT (EXHIBITION HALLS AND GARDEN)
18:00 – 23:00: Museum education – Creative workshop
18:00 – 22:00: Buddhist meditative discussion corner
Prof. Dr. Ferenc Ruzsa, philosopher and Indologist from Department of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, ELTE is ready to answer your questions and engage in a shorter or a more in-depth discussion.
18:00 – 24:00: Sari draping workshop – Traditional Indian clothing from up close
18:00 – 24:00: Henna workshop
18:00 – 24:00: Devanāgarī – The ancient Indian script. How does your name look like written in devanāgarī? Programme realised in cooperation with Indology Departmnes, ELTE
18:00 – 24:00: Taste India at the booth of Masala Indian Restaurant
GROUND FLOOR EXHIBITION HALL
Pop-up concert by sitarist Szabolcs Tóth (hourly)
18:30 – 18:45
19:30 – 19:45
20:30 – 20:45
21:30 – 21:45
Detailed programme description to be found:
Ticket prices:
Full prece: 3000 HUF
Children (aged between 6 and 18): 1500 HUF
Children younger than 6: free admission
ATTENTION! Tickets (wrist bands) pre-purchased online, can be fetched at Vasarely Museum's cassa (1033 Budapest, Szentlélek tér 6.)