The Hungarian Poster House shows hundreds of original and digitally reproduced posters from 1801 onwards.
The 18th century grain store on the city?s Erzsébet Square was transformed with HUF 200m, half of which came from the EU?s Phare funding scheme. Central budget financing covered 40 percent of the cost and the local council paid for the rest.
The museum?s collection is made up of material from the Hungarian National Gallery, the National Széchényi Library and the Pécs Gallery and Visual Arts Workshop.
In addition to room used to house the collection, the museum has multi-functional spaces and a café.
The museum?s first exhibition is entitled ?Historical Billboards in Hungary, 1896-2000?, which focuses on billboards in Budapest. Some of the material in the exhibition is on loan from the Military History Institute and Museum.
Source: Múlt-kor/ Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
