The intrepid travelers at Curious Expeditions visited the Hungarian Agricultural Museum where they shot amazing photos of a veritable cathedral of antlers, the Hall of Hunting. The museum is located in Vajdahunyad Castle inside Budapest's City Park. From Curious Expeditions:
Hundreds of antlers, horns, hooves, and fur. Stuffed birds and mounted bears. Cutlery with horn handles carved into foxes. Antler broaches, antler chandeliers, and antler chairs. It is known as “The Hall of Hunting.” With beautiful vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows, along with the fact that the Agricultaral Museum is often empty, this top floor feels like the church of a long lost deer deity. Echoed footsteps and hushed whispers lend a quiet respect to these relics of the hunt.
It’s a wonder that the Agricultural Museum of Budapest has anything at all. The collection has been destroyed not once, but twice since its opening 100 years ago. WWll came through, and about 10 years later, just as the collection was coming back together, the freedom fighters of the hungarian uprising of 1956 tore through the hall of antlers and taxidermy displays. But through many donations and loving attention, this shrine of the dead animal has been restored to its former glory.
