From 15 June to 14 July 2024, the NSZL celebrates the most popular sporting event of the summer with a family-oriented exhibition and a series of programmes entitled All-Time Football.
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From 15 June to 14 July 2024, the NSZL celebrates the most popular sporting event of the summer with a family-oriented exhibition and a series of programmes entitled All-Time Football. A unique temporary exhibition to mark the 2024 European Football Championship will showcase the spectacular relationship between culture, history and football in a variety of indoor and outdoor venues.
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OUTDOOR POSTER EXHIBITION
Venue: the ramp leading to the Gloriette of the Castle Garden Bazaar
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An outdoor exhibition on the ramp leading to the Gloriette of the Castle Garden Bazaar offers football fans and visitors a glimpse of the earliest days of Hungarian football. Artworks from the heyday of poster art and contemporary sports photographs – courtesy of Nemzeti Sport – capture the captivating atmosphere of the game with spectacular movements of the players.
Football gained enormous popularity in a short span of time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thanks largely to the game's simple rules and low equipment requirements. On the level of the Buda Castle, between the Royal Guard and the Lion Courtyard, visitors can see rare posters from the period when football's popularity skyrocketed.
FILM SCREENINGS
Venue: Castle Garden Bazaar, Courtyard of the Foundry House
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To accompany the exhibition, the National Library will offer three football-themed masterpieces of Hungarian cinema in the courtyard of the Castle Garden Bazaar Founders' House on the following dates:
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Friday, 28 June 2024, 8 pm – Szépek és bolondok (On the Sideline)(Hungarian colour feature film, 1976, director, screenwriter: Péter Szász);
Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 8 pm – Két félidő a pokolban (Two Half Times in Hell)
(Hungarian black and whitefeature film, 1961, director: Zoltán Fábri);
Thursday, 4 July 2024, 8 pm – Régi idők focija (Football of the Good Old Days)
(Hungarian colour feature film, 1973, director: Pál Sándor).
The films can be screened courtesy of the National Film Institute Nonprofit Ltd.
ALL-TIME FOOTBALL – TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
Venue: the ceremonial hall of the NSZL
Open from 15 June to 14 July 2024,
Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 18 pm
(last entry: Tuesday–Thursday 5 pm, Friday–Saturday 6 pm).
Posters, manuscripts and objects related to football-themed films in the NSZL's ceremonial hall will recall stories that have become history at the intersection of football and film, including those related to Géza Ottlik, Iván Mándy, Zoltán Jékely, Dezső Tandori and the Korda brothers.
The indoor exhibition is subject to the purchase of an entry ticket. Ticket holders of the football exhibition can visit our other temporary exhibition, The Forms of Time [11], free of charge.
The indoor and outdoor exhibitions are curated by Fruzsina Sulics, researcher at the library's Map, Poster, and Small Print Collection.
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ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMES, FANS' TERRACE
Venue: Lion Courtyard; Castle Garden Bazaar, Courtyard of the Foundry House
In addition to the programmes organised by the National Library, all members of the family can take part in a variety of events in the Palace District of Buda Castle. The A Healthy Nation is a Common Cause for All of Us Foundation [15] offers a variety of sports activities, exercises, sports games and discussions on healthy lifestyle and nutrition on the Panorama Terrace of the Castle Garden Bazaar and in the Lion Courtyard.
After exploring the exhibitions, football fans can follow the European Championship matches on the Nemzeti Sport and Castle Garden Bazaar’s Fans' Terrace [16] in the courtyard of the Foundry House.
We wish you all a great time and a lot of fun!
The free outdoor exhibition and programme is organised in cooperation with the Buda Castle District, the Nemzeti Sport, and the A Healthy Nation is a Common Cause for All of Us Foundation.
