The Hungarian Heritage House
The Hungarian Heritage House is a national institution founded in 2001 by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Cultural Heritage with the purpose of preserving and promoting Hungarian folk tradition. The HHH is comprised of three units, each of which contributes to this aim in its own unique way. The HHH welcomes all enquiries, and aims to meet all requests in connection with Hungarian folk tradition.
Founded in 1951, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is devoted to collecting the folklore treasury of the Carpathian Basin and presenting it on stage. The Ensemble's repertoire encompasses all genres related to folk tradition: historical music, authentic folk music and dance, as well as world music and traditional-based contemporary dance-shows.
The Folklore Documentation Center aims to make the vast and precious collection Hungarian folk treasury available to all who is interested in it. The Documentation Center is accessible on-line as well as in hard copies at the Corvin tér seat of the HHH.
The Applied Folk Arts Department organizes courses, conferences, dance houses and play-houses, as well as inviting applications, publishing music and dance CDs and DVDs and judging works of contemporary applied folk art. The Department is ready to cooperate with any cultural institutions wishing to get acquainted with Hungarian folk art, and welcomes individual enquiries as well.
The HHH is situated at the historic building of the former "Vigadó" (Entertainment Hall) of Buda. The building is located in Fő utca (High Street), between Batthyány tér (Batthyány Square) and Clark Ádám tér (Adam Clark Circus).
How to get to the Hungarian Heritage House by public transportation?
- Take subway (Metro) No. 2 (the red line) to "Batthyány tér", and walk two blocks southwards on Fő utca
- Take bus No. 86 and get off at "Szilágyi Dezső tér"
- Take tram No. 19 or 41 and get off at "Halász utca"
Directorate
General Director: Miklós BOTH
Financial Director: Erzsébet Ibolya NAGY
Honorary Director: István PÁVAI
Deputy Director | Artistic Director of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble: Gábor MIHÁLYI
Head of Cabinet: Angéla HONT
Artistic Director of the HSFE: István PÁL Szalonna
Head of Folklore Documentation Center: Péter ÁRENDÁS
Head of Applied Folk Arts Department: Ildikó SÁNDOR
