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How to protect cultural heritage at risk – The Hungarian National Museum’s pilot projects for cultural heritage protection

Published on 7 July 2025
The key role of the Hungarian National Museum in promoting inter-institutional cooperation at national level for the protection of cultural heritage.
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How to protect cultural heritage at risk – The Hungarian National Museum’s pilot projects for cultural heritage protection
Author details
Varga, Lujza - PhD, Head of department, National Museum Public Collection Centre, Hungary
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ISSN 2975-190X – ISBN 978-88-6864-548-9

Within the past two years the Hungarian National Museum (HNM) has been taking a national leading role and working together with universities, humanitarian and law enforcement agencies, and other national, international, and private actors to protect cultural heritage.

To perform this task the HNM established valuable cooperation with different institutions: most importantly the University of Public Service, the Agency for the Protection of National Cultural Heritage and the Police. Raising awareness, initiating interdisciplinary dialogue to fill in the gaps, capacity building, taking part in international response and research projects became emphasised tasks of the HNM.

KEYWORDS: preparedness, interinstitutional/interdisciplinary cooperation, cultural heritage protection. In PROCULTHER-NET 2 Project. Technical Bulletin N. 3, July 2024, pp 28-34

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Hazard types

Multi-hazard

DRM Phases

Preparedness Prevention Recovery Response

Geographic focus

Hungary all Europe/EU

Sectors

Cultural Heritage

Risk drivers

Climate change Environmental degradation