KINGS AND SAINTS - THE ERA OF THE ÁRPÁD DYNASTY

 

This exhibition is the most significant event related to the 2022 Aranybulla commemorative year within the framework of the Árpád House Program in Hungary, perhaps the largest exhibition if the Árpád Era of all time. Nearly 1000 objects from more than 10 countries were presented here over the three months. The home of the exhibition is one of Székesfehérvár's jewels, the listed bulding of the old Cistercian Monastery - which operates as a museum today - with its 17 rooms and its historical atmosphere.
As an introduction you can enter the old convent from the newly built part, where our wask was to guide and introduce the visitors to the exhibition. The listed monastery was an exciting design task both in term of the floor plans and due to its protection restrictions. In addition, the art protection requirements of the incoming objects were constraints, among which we had to balance and find a well-thought-out, uniform image of the exhibition.

 

DESCRIPTION: Kings and Saints - The Era of the Árpád Dynasty exhibition visuals and interior design
LOCATION: Szent István Király Museum, Székesfehérvár, Fő u. 6, 8000
CLIENT: Municipality of Székesfehérvár
DESIGN: 2021-2022
COMPLETION: 2022

CURATOR: Miklós Makoldi
TEXT: Miklós Makoldi, István Ringer Dr., Szabolcs Rosta Dr.
PROFESSIONAL COORDINATOR: Károly Belényesi Dr.
GENERAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN OF THE EXHIBITION: Grafit Műterem Kft.
LEAD ARCHITECT: Piroska Varga DLA
PROJECT MANAGER INTERIOR DESIGNER: Bianka Gizella Somkutas
DESIGNERS: Nóra Bíró, Alpár Gál-Tóth
GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Rezső Farkas Hódi
VISUALIZATION: Grafit Műterem Kft.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING: János Laczkovics 
LIGHTING DESIGN: Design and Light Kft., János Farkas
MUSEUM PEDAGOGY: Piroska Nagy
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERIOR DESIGN WORKS: Fehérép Kft.
CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS: Profnet Kft.
RECONSTRUCTIONS, MODELS: Paririk Kft.
SHOWCASES: Faberban Kft.
PRINTING OF THE REPRODUCTIONS Pigmenta Art Print Lab
PRINTING OF THE TEXTILE INSTALLATIONS: Bigprint Hungary Kft.
PRINTING: Don Design
DECORATIVE WORKS: Dekor Dessant Bt.
EXHIBITION ORGANIZATION: Ádám Csábi, Péter Gyenei, Marcell Kriván, Péter Laczkó, Tibor Németh 
PHOTO: Bálint Jaksa 
link: https://arpadok.hu/

 

The Kings and Saints - The Árpád Era exhibition is connected to the reconstruction of the Szent István Király Museum in Székesfehérvár according to the 1006/2020. (I.29.). It was implemented with the support of the Government of Hungary according to a gorvernment decision.

 

INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZING THE EXHIBITION: 

Hungarian Research Institute, Budapest

Szent István Király Museum, Székesfehérvár

Hungarian National Museum, Budapest