Author : Iparm??uv?szeti M?zeum (Hungary)
Publisher : Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Hungary's Heritage by : Iparm??uv?szeti M?zeum (Hungary)
Download or read book Hungary's Heritage written by Iparm??uv?szeti M?zeum (Hungary) and published by Paul Holberton Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the First World War Fraknó and the Esterházy Castle, where the treasury had been kept since the 17th century, passed to Austria. The Esterházy family placed the major part of the Treasury with the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest. In 1944, during the Second World War, the Treasury was moved for greater safety to the Esterházy family palace which, during the siege of Budapest, was hit by a bomb. Part of the collection was totally destroyed or irreparably damaged. Every fragment possible was rescued and since the 1960s the conservators of the museum have worked on the conservation of the surviving pieces, miraculously returning many to their former glory. The final section in the exhibition covers this successful, ongoing conservation work.