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Müpa Budapest

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Location
  
Budapest, Hungary

Opened
  
14 March 2005

General contractor
  
TriGranit

Function
  
Museum, Art museum

Built
  
2002–2005

Phone
  
+36 1 555 3000

Architects
  
Zoboki, Demeter

Müpa Budapest

Former names
  
Palace of Arts (Művészetek Palotája)

Public transit
  
H6, H7 suburban railway

Type
  
Performing arts center, Museum

Address
  
Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1, 1095 Hungary

Similar
  
Hungarian State Opera Ho, National Theatre, László Papp Budapest, Comedy Theatre of Budapest, Vigadó Concert Hall

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Müpa Budapest (between 2005 and 2015 Palace of Arts – Művészetek Palotája in Hungarian) is a building in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, officially opened in March 2005. It is located near Rákóczi Bridge and was designed by Zoboky, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office. The National Theatre, which opened in 2002, is located next to it.

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Both Müpa Budapest and the National Theatre are part of the new Millennium City Center being created in Budapest.

The structure of Müpa Budapest covers a ground area of 10,000 m² and the total floor space of the building is 70,000 m². It received the Prix d’Excellence of FIABCI in 2006.

The general manager is Csaba Kael.

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Performing arts and other facilities

  • Bartók National Concert Hall is 25 m high, 25 m wide and 52 m long, providing a total capacity for 1,699 people. The concert hall features acoustics designed by Russell Johnson, who told the Wall Street Journal "in two or three years’ time, Hungarian musicians (will) say this was the best concert hall in the world" The organ of the concert hall, inaugurated on 22 May 2006, has 92 stops and 5 manuals as well as 470 wooden pipes, 5028 tin pipes and 1214 reed pipes. The extensive intonation period of the organ lasted 10 months. It is one of the largest organs in Europe. A fully playable virtual version of this pipe organ named Palace of Arts Budapest Pipe Organ Samples was developed in 2008.
  • Ludwig Museum This is a state of the art Contemporary Art Museum with paintings by;Picasso("Musketeer With Sword"),David Hockney,Tom Wesselman,Richard Estes("Rappaport Pharmacy")plus paintings by these Modern Hungarian Masters;Imre Bukta("Officers at Pig Feast").Laszlo Feher,and Imre Bak.There are also creations by;Claes Oldenburg("Lingerie Counter"),Yoko Ono,and Markus Lupertz.
  • Festival Theatre The Festival Theatre, in the Eastern third of the Palace of Arts building, seats 452 and also has the most modern technology.

    • References

    Müpa Budapest Wikipedia
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