HUNGARY 371

P Festetics Palace

See pp372–3.

KESZTHELY TOWN

CENTRE

Balaton Museum 4

Doll and Waxwork

Museum 6

Festetics Palace

pp372–3 7

Fő Square and

Town Hall 1

Franciscan Church 2

Georgikon Farm

Museum 5

Kossuth Utca 3

Excavated fishing equipment on display at the Balaton Museum

E Georgikon Farm Museum
Bercsényi Miklós utca 65–7. Tel (083)
311 563. # May–Oct: 10am–5pm
Mon–Sat, 10am–6pm Sun. & 8
Hungarian and German only. 7
Europe’s first Academy of
Agriculture was set up here
by György Festetics in 1797. It
was converted into a museum
(Georgikon Majormúzeum) in
1972, and exhibitions focus
on the history of Hungarian
agriculture from Celtic times
to the present day. There are
separate displays on wine
production in the Balaton

E Doll and Waxwork

Museum

Kossuth Lajos utca 11. Tel (083) 318

855. 
     

     10am–6pm Mon–Sun. &

     
     

     This museum (Történelmi
     Panoptikum) is actually three
     museums in one. The first
     con tains a collection of 700
     porcelain dolls. Each doll
     wears the traditional costume

     
     

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

187 km (116 miles) SW of

Budapest. * 10,000.

k 10 km (6 miles) S of centre.

£ Kazinczy utca. @ Kazinczy

utca. 4 Kazin czy utca.

n Tourinform, Kossuth utca 28,

(083) 314 144. _ Balaton

Festival (May), Helikon Chamber

Music Festival (May).

http://www.keszthely.hu

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area and domestic farming

in southern Transdanubia,

a region along the border

between Hungary and Austria.

A selection of antique agri-

cultural equip ment ranges

from Bronze Age tools to

steam ploughs, including

an early motor tractor.

of a particular Hungarian

village, and was handmade

there. The dolls are complem-

ented by a display of local

village architecture, with more

than 200 scale models,

including houses, stables and

churches. The second part of

the museum holds waxworks,

featuring 500 life-size figures

of eminent Hungarians, from

Prince Árpád to Imre Nagy.

The third section is a

7-m (23-ft) long model of

Hungary’s Parliament, which

was made by Ilona Miskei

from more than four million

sea-snail shells.

Keszethely, whose remains
were excavated at the end
of the 19th century.

FlyBalaton Airport

10 km (6 miles)

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Lake
Balaton
Bus
Station
Railway
Station
River boat
Pier
Helikon
Park
Festetics
Palace
Town Hall
Franciscan
Church
Georgikon Farm
Museum
Doll and
Waxwork
Museum
Balaton
Museum
Marzipan
Museum
Coach
Museum
Sports
Stadium