The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest has lined up a packed calendar of guided tours, talks, and hands-on sessions across its permanent and temporary exhibitions from late 2025 into early 2026. The address is 1146 Budapest, Dózsa György út 41., and yes, you can call for details and booking. Programs may change, and organizers reserve the right to adjust dates or content, so always check before you go. The on-site café and self-service restaurant are accessible only with a museum ticket and promise modern gastronomy rooted in Hungarian ingredients, contemporary techniques, and service with more than a smile.
November 2025 Highlights
– Nov 26: Unconventional guided tour of the William Blake exhibition. Expect a deeper, slightly off-script dive into the poet-painter’s visionary universe.
– Nov 28–30: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Up Close. Multiple sessions across the weekend bring Blake’s most notorious book into focus.
– Nov 28: A Curator’s Selection of Masterpieces. A curator-style pick of star works across collections.
– Nov 29: William Blake’s Workshop Secrets. Techniques, tools, and the mind behind the myth.
– Nov 30: Shake on It! A participatory program that gets you looking—and doing.
– Nov 30: Eras in the Museum: Demons and Wizards in Ancient Egypt. Myth, magic, and everyday protective amulets laid bare.
December 2025: Deep Dives and Festive Turns
Blake returns with more unconventional tours on Dec 3, 10, and 12, while China takes center stage with The World of Ancient China Up Close recurring Dec 5–7, 9, 11–12, 14, 16, 18–21, 27–28, and 30. Book one or stitch them into a personal marathon.
– Dec 5 and 12: A Curator’s Selection of Masterpieces returns—perfect if you missed the November slots.
– Dec 6–7, 13–14, 20–21, 27–28: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Up Close continues, because one pass through Blake’s fire and brimstone is never enough.
– Dec 6: Scarab Files: The Hidden Face of Ancient Egypt. A peek behind funerary masks and everyday magic.
– Dec 9: Mama, Look! – The Miracle of Birth. Family-friendly and wonder-forward.
– Dec 12: Dive Workshop and Márk Horváth: The Blake Enigma—two contemporary angles on immersion and interpretation.
– Dec 13: Saturday Sampler – Tracing the Holidays. Festive symbolism through artworks.
– Dec 14: Eras in the Museum: Mummies Turned into Gods. Deification 101, but with linen wrappings.
– Dec 17: Mental Fitness – Under the Light of the Star of Bethlehem. A reflective pre-holiday reset.
– Dec 18: Hello, Museum of Fine Arts! – Christmas at the Museum. Seasonal warmth without the kitsch hangover.
– Dec 20: Siesta – Walk and Create | What’s on the Table? Millennia-old foods. Also on Dec 20: Yoga with Adél Jordán, because even art lovers need to stretch.
– Dec 23–Jan 2: Year-End Holiday Period at the Museum, an umbrella for special opening hours and themed visits.
Into 2026
– Jan 7: Another unconventional Blake tour.
– Jan 10: Blake in Silence, a contemplative spin on the visionary’s work.
– Jan 24: Siesta – Walk and Create | Secret Codes, decoding patterns across eras.
– Feb 14: Siesta – Walk and Create | Love Stories, art’s most enduring theme on Valentine’s Day.
Booking tips, alerts, and table reservations are encouraged. Add your favorites to a wishlist, sign up for notifications, and build your own cultured sprint through the 14th District.
