This bizarre exhibit contains three mummies and assorted artefacts recovered from the crypt of the Dominican Church. It's not for the faint-hearted. The crypt functioned as a place of burial in the 18th century, but was later bricked up and forgotten. A cool temperature year-round and minimal ventilation kept the bodies and clothes of the deceased in good condition for centuries. When renovation work on the church began in 1994, the crypt was rediscovered and a total of 262 bodies were exhumed. It was a gold mine for historians and helped to shed light on the burial practices and way of life in the 18th century. Most of the mummies are now in the vaults of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest but three – a man, woman and baby – are on display here. Memento Mori also showcases a number of colourfully painted coffins, clothes and jewellery of the deceased, a registry of those buried and a history of the church and its crypt.
