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On September 9, National Teddy Bear Day pays tribute to one of our favorite childhood toys. The teddy bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt, who refused to shoot a small bear cub while hunting in Mississippi in 1902. Cute teddy bears from Hungarian muse…

This phrase means the same thing in English and Hungarian (Bible, Predikátor könyve, 1:9) "... What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. ..." Paintings, photographs of the Sun.

Croatian mercenaries were the creators of the bow tie during the Prussian wars of the 17th century. This bow tie consisted of a scarf around the neck that held the opening of their shirt together. The French upper classes soon adopted the idea. The French…

Lithuanian-American communities are found across the United States. Explore these photographs of their sporting activities.

This is an official public holiday in Hungary. It is the day commemorating King Stephen, who united Hungary under Christianity in the year 1000, and the feast of the new bread. Photos from past celebrations.

Let historical film footage from different decades take you on a journey across Europe!

Explore this gallery featuring paintings, photographs and artefacts with sunflowers

Relax and have fun in 1950s Budapest. Enjoy the summer and chill out on the beach or the riverside with photos from the Hungarian National Museum.

When art meets science! The quest to make moving images colourful is as old as cinema itself. The techniques range from hand and stencil colouring to dye baths and complex chemical and mechanical processes. Some of them became popular selling points for t…

The starting point for a costume idea is an intensive study of the film script. After extensive research into the milieu and the period, the costume designer develops sketches, which later serve as visual material for the director, the set designer and m…

The Greek myth, recorded in the Metamorphoses of Ovid - a Latin poet who lived in the Augustan age - tells the fight between the hero Perseus, son of Zeus, who, with the help of Athena, the nymphs and Mercury, beheaded Medusa, one of the three Gorgons. Wi…

Amsterdam's architecture and cityscape depicted in artworks

Memories, media and mementos from the life and 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II, found in museums, galleries, libraries and archives from across Europe

Collecting Mattel's plastic toy, its accessories and interpretations in fashion