Beside the House of Music Hungary by Sou Fujimoto, within the Liget cultural development outside Budapest, stands this new ethnographic museum designed by Napur Architect, winner of an international competition held for the purpose in 2016. In the museum’s possession are some 225,000 objects representing popular cultures of different continents and dating from the 17th century to the present.

Laid our under the gently curving green roof – which is intended to serve as a large public space – are galleries for temporary and permanente exhibitions, a bookstore, a restaurant, a library, a documentation center, and venues for events. The building’s glazed facade incorporates aluminum pieces whose decorative patterns are based on ethnographic motifs.

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