The best museums Hungary

Around 90 AD, the Romans conquered part of present-day Hungary, which they called Pannonia. The city of Aquincum developed in the 2nd and 3rd centuries to become the capital of Lower Pannonia and had 14,000 inhabitants at its peak. The ruins of Aquincum reveal all its splendours. An exhibition evokes the cult of Mithra. The garden between the ruins has preserved the remains of the Roman forum, the public baths and the market.

The yellow line of the Budapest subway (1896), still in operation, is the oldest on the European continent (London opened its own in 1863). The original cars are displayed in the Deák underground passageway under Deák tér. With the help of explanations in English, one can learn about the history of this subway, inaugurated by Franz Joseph (and which bore his name at the beginning). An unusual museum that is worth a visit.

The magician Houdini that all of Hollywood has praised is one of those Hungarians of unknown origin. Here justice is done to the life of this man who emigrated from Budapest to the United States as a child. The tour (guided, departing every 30 minutes) begins with a riddle to solve and documents Houdini's doings. It concludes with well executed magic tricks. One drawback: the whole thing is touristy and the museum has nothing to do with the original building in the Jewish quarter, where the Weisz became "Houdini".

Unique! In 400^m2 of underground space, Balázs Pálfi set up a pinball museum in 2014 with more than 130 pinball machines, all in working order, assembled from the 1920s to today. Some of the machines are real collector's items, coming from a dozen countries: from Japan to France, passing, of course, by the United States or Spain, or from the X Men to the Simpsons... In this interactive "museum", in addition to admiring the evolution of pinball, you can especially play it!