Vásárosnamény: The Beregi Museum and its Collections

The Beregi Museum and its exhibition venues

Csiszár Árpád founded the Beregi Museum in 1963. Its permanent and temporary exhibitions are housed in Tomcsányi Castle at 31 Szabadság tér. The school history exhibition is housed in the Máthé Mansion at 13 Rákóczi Ferenc út. The addresses place the exhibitions in different buildings and link them to different themes: school history is the focus at the Máthé Mansion, while the permanent and temporary exhibitions are at Tomcsányi Castle.

The cross-stitch embroidery belongs to the ethnographic collection. The collections also include artistic and domestic cast ironwork. Textile works and cast iron objects therefore offer different perspectives on the museum’s subject matter. The regular programme also includes events, lectures and museum education programmes. If a particular lecture or event is central to your visit, check the specific date before travelling.

Culture in the wider destination of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

Those exploring the wider destination of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg will find cultural attractions in other places across the region. The Vay-Ádám Museum Collection of the Hungarian National Museum is housed in the Renaissance Vay Castle in Vaja. Báthori Castle in Nyírbátor features a permanent exhibition and a wax museum, where members of the Báthori family are portrayed in period settings. In Tiszadob, Andrássy Castle was built between 1880 and 1885 in the French Gothic style by former Prime Minister Andrássy Gyula, to plans by Alpár Ignác.

The northern Hungarian section of the Route of Medieval Churches is also among the region’s cultural attractions. It connects 37 churches in the medieval church landscape of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. These examples offer a range of highlights: a museum collection in a Renaissance castle, historical figures in a wax museum, castle architecture and medieval churches.

Nature and landscape in the wider destination of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

The Bátorliget Ancient Moor covers about 53 hectares and is strictly protected. It preserves the different stages in the vegetation and landscape history of the Alföld Plain particularly well. Near Csaroda are Nyíres-tó and Báb tava, distinctive peat bogs whose origins date back to the Ice Age.

Near Tiszadob, a 1,000-hectare nature reserve encompasses oxbow lakes, riparian forests and grassland. A large heron colony is located in Tölgyes Forest, where 80 to 90 pairs of herons nest. Near Vaja lies the 77-hectare Vajai Water Reservoir, supplied by the Vajai Main Canal and suitable for fishing and irrigation. The region’s natural attractions thus range from peat bogs and landscape history to riparian habitats and a reservoir suitable for fishing and irrigation.

Choose a focus for your holiday rental

When looking for a holiday rental, it helps to decide what you want to focus on: would you mainly like to visit the Beregi Museum and its exhibitions in Vásárosnamény, or will you also explore cultural and natural attractions in other places across the wider destination of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg? Choose your accommodation location based on the visits that are most important to your trip.

Discover more destinations: Gelénes, Olcsva, Csaroda.

Go to the wider travel overview: Vásárosnamény.