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„Legzseniálisabb s legmagyarabb tudósunk”
A Néprajzi Múzeum és az Országgyűlési Múzeum közös kiállítása
- Issue: 2024/6
- Starting page: 42
- Genre: Programajánló
- Author: anonym
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Exhibition: Herman Ottó at Budapest’s Museum of Ethnography. Opening on 2024 December 13th, this exhibition brings materials from collections of the Ethnographic Museum and the Hungarian Parliamentary Museum. Herman Ottó, born 1835 in Breznóbánya/Brezno (today in Central Slovakia) – died in Budapest in 1914; was a Hungarian zoologist, ethnographer, archaeologist, and politician. A polymath recognized as a pioneer of Hungarian natural history research. The exhibition presents his collection methods, ’museum thinking’, activities, unique style of speaking, and his career in Hungarian politics. In Herman Ottó’s time the field of ethnography was just forming. He is known for his collection work on traditional fishing and shepherding/animal husbandry; and his collections of series of traditional objects. Included in the exhibiton are field work diaries and drawings. Announcement from the Hungarian Museum of Ethnography.