Transsylvania Nostra Journal

The Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, found on Hősök Square, forms a remarkable architectural ensemble alongside the Palace of Art and the Millennium Monument. The article presents the reconstruction of the Museum of Fine Arts, built between 1900 and 1906 after the designs of Albert SCHICKEDANZ and Fülöp HERZOG. It touches upon the assessment of the Hungarian revivalism movement during the 20^th century, as well as on the reconstruction of the Faculty of Economics in Budapest, which is regarded as an antecedent of the reconstruction works on the Museum of Fine Arts, thus contextualising the museum building’s evolution and adaptation to new requirements.

Keywords: revivalism, modernism, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, design, reconstruction