Events

We invite visitors to join an enchanting Japanese "musical tour" on Saturday morning at the Hopp Museum. More ❯❯❯

Professor Yukio Lippi is an internationally recognised authority on Japanese art. Related to the Hopp Museum's ongoing temporary exhibition, he talks among others about the Vay Collection's connection with the Asian Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The programme is realised in co-operarion with Japan Foundation Budapest. More ❯❯❯

An authentic dance performance directed by one of the best-known Indonesian choreographers, introduced with an educational presentation and discussion. More ❯❯❯

"The stones give the impression of the weight of an iceberg. Listen carefully to the sound of the waves. He who can hear these sounds will understand the subtleties of them all and will like this garden." More ❯❯❯

Dr. Sumeet Anand Pandey, Dhrupad singer (whose masters were his grandfather and Pandit Abhay Narayan Mallick), who will be visiting Hungary, agreed to come to Hopp Museum to hold an informal, interactive, hands-on lecture and teaching in the garden. Visitors and members of the audience are encouraged to actively participate: experiment with their voices, learn some basics of Dhrupad, immerse themselves in this ancient tradition. More ❯❯❯

In 2023, Hopp Museum celebrates a centenary again, as our first permanent exhibition was opened in 1923. It presented the Chinese, Indian and Japanese collections in a regional and chronological order, with around 1,000 objects on display. To mark this occasion, a series of lectures given by the curators will be held in 2023 to explore Asia from collection to collection. More ❯❯❯

We invite you to a special guided tour in the Bozóky photo exhibition with photojournalist Zoltán Gaál. It is extraordinary because earlier, for a project, the photographer himself visited the very places shown in Dezső Bozóky's photos and took pictures there himself, using a special, contemporary photographic technique. More ❯❯❯

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. More ❯❯❯

The Life of Bishop Count Péter Vay and his Japanese Art Collection More ❯❯❯

We invite you to a special guided tour in the Bozóky photo exhibition with photojournalist Zoltán Gaál. It is extraordinary because earlier, for a project, the photographer himself visited the very places shown in Dezső Bozóky's photos and took pictures there himself, using a special, contemporary photographic technique. More ❯❯❯

"In the Wayang, we can find examples and teachings on every aspect of life, from the ideas that create and guide peoples to the small things of each individual, showing us the right path, shaping and polishing character, educating the individual and thereby training him to be tough and persevering. Hence, Wayang is the eternal, the inexorable and the true drama." (Ernő Zboray) More ❯❯❯

Visit to the Land of the Rising Sun
Photographs taken in Japan by naval physician Dezső Bozóky
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In 2023, Hopp Museum celebrates a centenary again, as our first permanent exhibition was opened in 1923. It presented the Chinese, Indian and Japanese collections in a regional and chronological order, with around 1,000 objects on display. To mark this occasion, a series of lectures given by the curators will be held in 2023 to explore Asia from collection to collection. More ❯❯❯

In 2023, Hopp Museum celebrates a centenary again, as our first permanent exhibition was opened in 1923. It presented the Chinese, Indian and Japanese collections in a regional and chronological order, with around 1,000 objects on display. To mark this occasion, a series of lectures given by the curators will be held in 2023 to explore Asia from collection to collection. More ❯❯❯

Japanese-Hungarian literary event, organised jointly by Hungarian-Japanese Friend Society and Hopp Museum. More ❯❯❯