Hungarian Natural History Museum

The Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) with its two affiliated countryside museums (the Mátra Museum of Gyöngyös and the Bakony Museum of Zirc) is one of the largest scientific and cultural institutions in Hungary, employing about 200 staff members.

Its mission is to raise and to sustain the awareness of the society towards the recognition and acceptance of the diversity of nature, and to ensure the commitment of the public to the preservation of the natural environment.

The Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) houses extensive botanical, zoological, anthropological, paleontological and geological collections of more than ten million specimens and over 65,000 primary types. The collection uniquely represents the natural history of Hungary and the Carpathians, but highly valuable items originate also from other parts of the Earth. These irreplaceable assets render the museum the ultimate hallmark of bio- and geodiversity in Hungary.

The collections and other scientific facilities of HNHM are used annually by approx. 350 researchers from all over the world. Research activities cover the fields of taxonomy, ecology, evolutionary biology, conservation biology, geology, paleontology and physical anthropology.

The museum’s exhibitions attract approximately 300.000 visitors annually.