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Éva Cseh, former curator of the Japanese Collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts has passed away at the age of 87. More ❯❯❯

Our colleague Zita Gódorné Hazenauer was granted an Embassy Award for her decades-long work in popularizing Japanese garden culture. More ❯❯❯

This August we had the opportunity to invite Korean textile and performance artist Gio Ju for an afternoon butoh workshop and butoh-based performance in the garden of the Hopp Museum. More ❯❯❯

In connection with the exhibition Land of Buddhas | GANDHĀRA. Indo-Greek Sculptures of the Ferenc Hopp Museum, open to visitors in 2024-2025, the complete Gandhāra collection is made available for the first time in a specialised catalogue. More ❯❯❯

On 13 February 2024, the authentic Japanese tea ceremony room at Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts was inaugurated in a private ceremony. More ❯❯❯

János Csák, Minister of Culture and Innovation, on the nomination of dr. László Baán, Director General of the Museum of Fina Arts, Budapest, awarded the Móra Ferenc Prize to dr. Györgyi Fajcsák, Director of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts. More ❯❯❯

A fascinating exhibition has opened on 24 June 2023, the Night of Museums, at Móra Ferenc Museum in Szeged. The exhibition entitled "Treasures of Ancient China - The Age of the Jade Emperors" presents original ancient Chinese artefacts illustrating everyday life, burial customs, rulers, and visitors may learn about the nomadic peoples who once lived on the borders of China. The highlight of the exhibition is a jade armour that was used for the burial of dead rulers, and is made from 1,460 pieces of jade leaf fastened with gold threads.
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István Sántha, social anthropologist and researcher of Inner Asia (ELKH Humanities Research Center, Research Institute of Ethnography) gave a lecture in the Yurts and Monasteries exhibition about Hungarian travelers and explorers of Inner Asia, among others Vilmos Diószegi.

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During the visit of the international conference participants, the First Counsellor of the Embassy of Mongolia in Budapest, handed over a certificate of recognition to colleagues of Hopp Museum. More ❯❯❯

The Department of Mongolian and Inner Asian Studies at Eötvös Loránd University organised a one-day conference on the 18th of October with the participation of Hungarian and Mongolian scholéars; and hosted another, two-day, international conference on 20-21 October, titled Aspects of Mongolian Buddhism – Animals, Plants and Bioethics. More ❯❯❯

Judit Bagi, curator of the Archive at Hopp Museum gives a series of lectures this term at the University of Public Service. More ❯❯❯

Channel 5 of Hungarian TV has visited Hopp Museum in August. More ❯❯❯

Krisztina Hoppál  (PhD) member of MTA-ELTE-SZTE Silk Road Research Group has been conducting research on Zichy Collection at Hopp Museum. She has recently given an account on her research results at the annual scholarly international conference of the European Association of Archaeologists. More ❯❯❯

During the summer, two foreign students completed their internship at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts: Felicia Henn Chiang from Taiwan and Çağla Aydın from Turkey. Under the guidance of the curators, our interns were involved in the work of several collections. More ❯❯❯

A bunch of special guests visited our Reading Room today. More ❯❯❯