Palace
of Arts
The long
awaited new cultural institution of Budapest and Hungary,
the Palace
of Arts, was opened in 2005. It houses three different
institutions:
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The National
Concert Hall is located in the
heart of the new Palace of Arts and has the dimensions of a Gothic
cathedral. The state-of-the-art audio visual system is suitable to
achieve unique light effects, sound recordings and film projections. In
spring 2006, the "queen" of the instruments, a new concert organ, took
her place in the Béla Bartók Concert Hall. This
magnificent instrument, with its 92 registers and 5 manuals,
was under
construction for thirteen months, involving some sixty expert
professionals.
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Festival
Theatre
in the Eastern third of the Palace of Arts building seating 452 also
has the most modern technology and thanks to the acoustic design it can
be used not only for prose performances but also for classical music
concerts, chamber operas, jazz concerts, world music and light music
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Ludwig
Múzeum – Museum of Contemporary Arts
- occupies the wing of the
building closest to the Danube. The first floor is for temporary
exhibitions, the second and third houses exhibitions drawn from the
museum's collections. The building meets all the most modern
expectations of museum technology, ensuring ideal climatic and light
conditions for the art objects.
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Opening
hours: The
Palace of Arts is open everyday from 10 am to 10 pm, and until the end
of the respective performances. During opening hours, public areas can
be visited freely, just like the Bartók Béla
National
Concert Hall, if there is no rehearsal or performance on.
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