The building on the street Káptalan, 2 were registered in 1324. In 1476 there was opened the first public library in Hungary. During the Turkish occupation in the house was the official residence of the Turkish imam. Restoration work in the building were carried out between 1954 and 1955. Today the old residential building located in Pecs Zsolnay Ceramics Museum

  Decorative dishes made Zsolnay factory was unique in its artistic design and production technology. Zsolnay gained international fame thanks to a specially glazed ceramics, which experts call the factory eosin (from the Greek word for "dawn"). Zsolnay factory in Pecs was established in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay, but the glory zholnayskoy ceramics brought his son, Vilmos Zsolnay, who ran the manufactory until his death in 1900. His merit was the introduction of a number of technological innovations brought Zsolnay ceramics known throughout the world, including: pottery, won a gold medal at the Paris World's Fair, pirogranit that adorns many public and private buildings, and eosin.

  Each family member has contributed to the family business, which contributed to the success of brand: the daughter of Vilmos Zholnoya worked on the design of the product, the son managed the sales department, son led production of architectural ceramics.

  In 1900, the golden age of decorative glassware. This time, the emergence of a new artistic style - modern, characterized by natural forms, stylized and decorative lines, two-dimensional images. Equal Zsolnay ceramics at that time there was no one - at that time the manufactory worked many young and talented artists of the time. During World War II, it fell on hard times, but the factory was working, making everyday dishes and technical porcelain.

  Zsolnay Museum was opened in 1928 to the 100 anniversary of Vilmos Zholnaya. The organizers of the exhibition was the first daughter of Vilmos Zholnaya and his granddaughter. The museum consists of six rooms and shows various samples of industrial ceramics, high-strength glass and eosin. One of the rooms is dedicated to the collection gathered by Vilmos Zsolnay in Persia and Egypt. This exhibition is based on the foundations of a former factory museum, as well as collections of modern products factory Zsolnay.