House of Terror Museum

Museum · Budapest District VI

House of Terror Museum

Museum · Budapest District VI

Budapest, Andrássy út 60, 1062 Hungary

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Harrowing remembrance of Nazi & Soviet regimes in Hungary

Budapest, Andrássy út 60, 1062 Hungary Get directions

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"▲▲ Harrowing remembrance of Nazis and communist secret police in former headquarters/torture site." - Rick Steves' Europe

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@nomadicmatt

The 25 Best Things to Do in Budapest (Updated 2025)

"I found the House of Terror to be an intense, well-curated museum about life under Hungary’s fascist and communist regimes — the former ÁVH and Arrow Cross building houses multilayered permanent exhibits across four floors that do an excellent and moving job of conveying the brutality of those eras." - Matthew Kepnes

https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/things-to-see-and-do-in-budapest/

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Visiting Budapest: 3 - 4 Day Suggested Itinerary (Updated 2025)

"This museum, housed in the former headquarters of Hungary’s secret police and the Arrow Cross, delivers a harrowing look at life under fascist and Communist regimes with four floors of propaganda, weapons, multimedia displays, and sobering context about the tens of thousands killed or imprisoned." - Matthew Kepnes

https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/budapest-itinerary/

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@kmart

great museum, take some time to go through it. budapest has a kind of wild history that you might not expect, and this place does a really good job of bringing it to life. definitely on the pricier side, but if you're going to only a few museums, put this one on the list.

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Ömer Bozkuş

Google

Definitely not worth the price. I highly recommend not going. There is almost no English description at any exhibition in such a touristic museum, which is quite embarrassing. Without buying the audio guide, you won’t understand anything at all.

Andrea Pampanini

Google

This is a must visit if you want to really understand the Hungarian history. The museum is developed on 4 levels and it is very well build with installations and impactful objects and video. I highly recommend to take the audio guide!

kostasidel

Google

Great art direction of the museum. You don't get to know the actual history cause everything is in Hungarian and the only English are on a paper in each different room that summarizes what are you going to see in that room

Ivan Nalivaiko

Google

I can’t recommend this museum. It’s overly pompous, yet surprisingly small, bad structured and without an (audio) guide it becomes almost entirely uninformative - at least for a foreigner. There are no labels on the exhibits, only some leaflets. Unlike in real museums, where you can learn from the objects themselves, here you can’t – everything feels random. There were many bored students and elderly visitors who seemed unsure why they had even come. In the end, the whole place feels to me more as propaganda than education. Definitely not recommended.

Samantha Valentine

Google

Very good museum with immersive sections. Shows the history of the people of Hungary during the second world world and after. Some very emotional videos of people involved and the difficulties they lived through. Very worth a visit to understand the events and realize the way people suffered. No photos inside. Bags larger than a certain can be left in free lockers. Audio tour available for extra which adds to the immersion.

jo ebisujima

Google

Great museum, lots of information about the recent history of the country. There is quite a lot to take in. Although kids need to learn about all this, the museum isn’t suitable for small kids, they will be bored and their grown ups will miss much of what the museum has to offer. Each of the main rooms has a printout available in English and Hungarian. There are also video reels with English subtitles. I recommend an audio guide too - if you bring a set of plug in headphones 2 people can use one audio guide. There is a lot of info in the guide that you would miss otherwise. It takes about 2 hours to get all the way around, start at the top and work your way down, the cellar has reconstructions of the torture cells. No photography inside and bags need to be put in the cloak room. Tickets - no student discounts

Kitty

Google

This museum is filled with artifacts that explain the dark period of nazi and Soviet influence over Hungary. It’s a compelling depiction of a tragic time. Audio guides are provided and automatically play a narrative in each room as you walk through. My only disappointment was that the rooms are also filled with lots of individual stories, music, and other sound effects that make it difficult to focus on the narrative. But definitely worth a visit.

Adíb Már

Google

The museum is quite interesting and an important reminder to appreciate the freedom we now have. There were a few things that I think could be improved or should be noted by people intending to visit: •The lady handing out the audio guides is exceptionally rude and was not wearing a nametag. I suggest to the managers to at least have your staff wear name tags so that they can be held accountable in case they are exceptionally rude. •The museum is somewhat lacking context for those who are not good with history and I often found myself confused with the narrative. •The audio guides is not included and costs 2000 HUF extra and I feel strongly that it should be included in the ticket price. •Unfortunately a lot of the information provided is in Hungarian and therefore the audio guide is strongly recommended although there are often a lot of noise (from the videos being played) in the rooms which makes it hard to focus on the audio. •A lot of the rooms don't have any seating so if you are elderly or disabled it could be a problem because you might have to stand for an extended length of time.