Recalling memories | A centenary programme

The Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asian Art celebrates another centenary this year. The museum opened its doors in 1923 with its very first exhibition, as a result of the work carries out by Zoltán Felvinczi Takács, our first director.This year also marks the 190th anniversary of the birth of our founder, Ferenc Hopp, which creates a truly festive atmoshpere.

Both daughters of Zoltán Felvinczi Takács, Alice and Marianne, were musicians. The former a violinist, the latter a cellist. Marianne also worked as a staff member at Hopp Museum Archives from 1983 to 1998.

To mark this special anniversary, we are celebrating these outstanding people, so important in the history of the museum, with a pleasant, all-day garden programme.

Sunday, 14 May 2023, 11:00 - 18:00

Venue: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts (1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 103.)

PROGRAM

11:00 - 12:30: Memorial garden concert with the participation of former students of Alice and Marianne Felvinczi Takács (Vilmos Gryllus, Eszter Perényi, Balázs Radványi, Richárd Asbót, Ferenc Tamás, Kristóf Karlócai) or their students, in the presence of descendants and distant relatives.

The commemoration will conclude with the planting of a tree seedling to mark the double anniversary, just as in 2019, when the Hopp Garden's collection of special plants was enriched with a Chinese lacquer tree seedling, courtesy of the National Botanical Garden of Vácrátót, to mark the centenary of the founding of the museum.

14:00 - 15:00: Launch of a newly published book on Hopp Museum’s garden

11:00 - 18:00: Kokeshi Doll Charity Fair (throughout the day)

Artist Réka Tóth-Vásárhelyi's collection of hundreds of unique Japanese antique kokeshi dolls will be on display and visitors are welcome to pick and purchase any of them. The entire sum proceeding from the sale will be donated for planting of tree seedlings and reforestation.

Participation in the garden programme is free of charge.

We are looking forward to celebrate together!

Please, note that the language of the programme is Hungarian.