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Museum of Music History - Erdődy palace

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The Museum of Music History, part of the Music Institute of the Hungarian Academy and located in the historical Erdődy palace, is dedicated to the History of Hungarian music. It displays in eight rooms traditional music instruments, and tells the life stories of Hungarian musicians, such as Haydn and Liszt.

The exhibitions have a multimedial setting as well. The visitors can listen to the recordings of the exposed instruments and many unique sound documents.

The museum also organize concerts, which are held in the exceptional Béla Bartók Music Hall. In the Hall there is a concert piano owned by Bartók during his Budapest years and made especially for him. 

The palace was build between the years 1750-1769, for Count Georg Erdődy. Beethoven lodged here during his concert tour in 1800. 

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Museum of Music History - Erdődy palace

Táncsics Mihály u. 7
Budapest
1014
Hungary