Esterházy Palace - Exhibtion Melinda Esterházy

Description

Exhibition Melinda Esterházy

The exhibition about Princess Melinda Esterházy (1920— 2014) traces the stages in the life of an extraordinary woman. Melinda Ottrubay started dancing as a young bourgeois girl, enjoyed an exceptional career at the Budapest Opera House before finally marrying Prince Paul Esterházy V.

As a visitor you can directly experience Melinda Esterházy as an authentic character, both in her career at the opera and in her personal life. You will have glimpses of a life full of highs and lows, her ambitious career and her personal world away from the stage.Beyond the “fairy-tale character”, you will get to know a strong personality who grew with the tasks that life presented. Room by room you can walk through the life of Melinda Ottrubay as if through an opera. You will get to know the protagonist in her early life, as a trainee and prima ballerina assoluta, and later as a princess Esterházy.The exhibition in five acts takes you through the life of the last prince couple Melinda and Paul Esterházy V as if on a stage.

Ticket-Details

Children up to the age of 6 are free.

Discounted tickets for students, families and groups are available on-site.

The ticket entitles to single entry within one year from the date of purchase.

Opening hours

1 January- 31 March & 2 November - 31 December: Friday - Sunday and on holidays 10.00 am - 5.00 pm

1 April - 30. April & 1 October - 1 November: daily 10.00 am - 5.00 pm

1 May - 30 September: daily 10.00 am - 6.00 pm

4 November - 31 December: Friday - Sunday and on holidays 10.00 am - 5.00 pm

1 January: 12pm - 5.00 pm

Attention: Palace is closed on 25 and 26 December.

Guidet Tours start at 1.30 pm every day.