Deri Museum
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Deri Museum located in a neo-baroque building in the center of Debrecen. The project of the museum, is now well-known throughout Europe, owned by Denes Gyorgyi and Aladar Munich, the opening of the museum dates back to 1930. The museum's collection was inherited from the town museum, founded in 1902 on the initiative of Arthur Lёfkovicha, jeweler and art collector, who gave it to the new museum. In 1920 the owner of a silk factory Frigyes Deri donated his magnificent collection of Debrecen. Following his example, in 1938, his brother Gyorgy Deri made a contribution, giving the museum its unique kollektsiiyu folk art of the peoples of the Carpathian region. In the future, the number of exhibits beginning to grow rapidly at the expense of further acquisitions ethnographers, historians and archaeologists.

  On the ground floor of the museum has two exhibition areas. The east wing of the house is a collection of typical bird species in the region, and the west wing gives visitors an insight into the world of minerals.

  The exhibition, entitled "the inhabitants of the sky" (ground floor) introduces visitors to the history of ancient cults, showing archaeological finds made in Hajdu-Bihar.

  Local history exhibition on the first floor presents tools and implements of agriculture and handicrafts. In the northern wing of the building, visitors can see the interior of the so-called home "sívis." (In local terminology "sívis" - it is the citizens who live partially or completely due to agricultural activities). The exhibition also displays the interior of the first pharmacy in Debrecen called Golden Unicorn.

  On the second floor there are exhibits of unique antique collection Frigyes Deri. In the center, two mummies in sarcophagi. Next - rooms with a unique collection representing the culture of Japan, Korea, Iran, Mongolia and India. Special interest of visitors is a collection of weapons and military clothing.

  Further, ceramics, glass and paintings of 17-19 centuries, including the famous Calvary (1884) and Ecce Homo (1896) - perhaps the main exhibits of the museum.

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