The Museum of Applied Arts, whose stunning central hall of white marble was supposedly modelled on the Alhambra in Spain, has two permanent collections, one containing Hungarian furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries, Art Nouveau and Secessionist artefacts, and objects relating to trades and crafts (glassmaking, bookbinding, goldsmithing), and the other Islamic Art from the 9th to the 19th centuries. It's housed in a gorgeous Ödön Lechner–designed building, decorated with Zsolnay ceramic tiles, and completed for the Millenary Exhibition in 1896.
Among the Collectors and Treasures exhibits, it's worth keeping an eye out for the Herend porcelain as well as the pieces recently donated by Magda Bácsi. The Islamic Art collection comprises textiles, weaponry and ceramics covering a broad geographical sweep from North Africa to Asia. On the ground and 1st floors are temporary exhibitions; a ticket for both temporary and permanent exhibitions costs 3000/1500Ft.
