Museums in Hungary

Arie Yom-Tov is a real estate developer, who set up a classic car car museum based on his collection at one of his shopping plazas in Budapest. Opened in June, 2024 the museum has over 50 cars from a Ford Model T to a 1990 Mercedes E-class and many interesting in between (Packard, Citroen 2CV, Renault Skiff by Labourdette etc.)

János Brandt's collection of Adler cars and motorcycles, including some vehicles bodied in Hungary. Photo is courtesy of Zoltán Ocskay.

The outdoor museum located at Budapest Airport showcases the history of Hungarian aviation: an enjoyable, interactive exhibition, from the appearance of the Li-2 to the Tu-154, with 14 aircraft and numerous pieces of ground service equipment - including plenty of interesting Ikarus buses and passenger cars used by the airport in the 1970s and 1980s.

Opened in 2006, this is a 200-strong collection of unrestored motorcycles put together by Marika Kapinya and Roberto Finessi.

The former factory of Csepel Trucks has been converted to an industrial park, but the heritage is being kept alive.

Dongó, a copy of the Italian Mosquito was an auxiliary engine for bicycles produced in Hungary for a few years. Ferenc Bíró is a known speciallist of the Dongó who amassed a nice collection of these cyclemotors. Photo: Zoltán Ocskay.

Euro-Ring is a privately owned racing circuit in Southern Hungary, 50 km from Budapest. The headquarters feature a selection of microcars (Mochet, Heinkel Trojan, Messerschmitt Kabinenroller etc.) and small motorcycles and mopeds (Jawa, Panni etc.)

Robert Gyuricza's collection of Hungarian-made motorcycles (Csepel, Pannonia, Danuvia etc.) and derivatives (Szabolcs three-wheeler etc.)

Joe Galamb (Galamb József) (1881-1955) a Hungarian-born mechanical engineer was instrumental in the design of the Ford Model T. He went on to bcome the chief engineer of the company after WW1. 

He was born in the Hungarian city of Makó, where his brother opened a Ford dealership in the 1920s. This building has been renovated by a local classic car club, which turned it into an exhibition center - featuring original Galamb memoribilia, an assortment of classic cars - including a Ford Model T -, motorcycles and more. It was opened in Spring, 2024