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22/10/2025
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The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

Collections News
20/11/2025
Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research
Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.

Announcement
20/11/2025
Winter Break in the Research Room
The Research Room is closed from December 15, 2025, and will reopen on January 7, 2026.

Academic News
17/11/2025
The Archivum's presentation at CIVICA Café
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert gave a talk at the CIVICA Café titled (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum.

Collections News
17/11/2025
Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research
The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.

Announcement
06/11/2025
US Government Cuts Funding for Hungarian RFE
Coinciding with this year's World Digital Preservation Day.

Academic News
03/11/2025
Memory and Its Complex Legacies: Ioana Macrea-Toma at the ...
Ioana Macrea-Toma contributed an online presentation at the 2025 ASEEES Convention, engaging with ...

Academic News
30/10/2025
CEU’s Department of Historical Studies on Field Trip at the ...
CEU history students visited the Archivum, attended presentations, toured the building, repository, ...

Academic News
27/10/2025
Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Accords
Blinken OSA Archivum Researchers contributed to major conference on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.

Scholarship
22/10/2025
Apply Now!
The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

Collections News
20/11/2025
Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research
Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.

Announcement
20/11/2025
Winter Break in the Research Room
The Research Room is closed from December 15, 2025, and will reopen on January 7, 2026.

Academic News
17/11/2025
The Archivum's presentation at CIVICA Café
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert gave a talk at the CIVICA Café titled (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum.

Collections News
17/11/2025
Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research
The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.

Announcement
06/11/2025
US Government Cuts Funding for Hungarian RFE
Coinciding with this year's World Digital Preservation Day.

Academic News
03/11/2025
Memory and Its Complex Legacies: Ioana Macrea-Toma at the ...
Ioana Macrea-Toma contributed an online presentation at the 2025 ASEEES Convention, engaging with ...

Academic News
30/10/2025
CEU’s Department of Historical Studies on Field Trip at the ...
CEU history students visited the Archivum, attended presentations, toured the building, repository, ...

Academic News
27/10/2025
Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Accords
Blinken OSA Archivum Researchers contributed to major conference on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.

Scholarship
22/10/2025
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The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

Academic News
27/10/2025
Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Accords
Blinken OSA Archivum Researchers contributed to major conference on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.

Scholarship
22/10/2025
Apply Now!
The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

Collections News
20/11/2025
Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research
Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.

Announcement
20/11/2025
Winter Break in the Research Room
The Research Room is closed from December 15, 2025, and will reopen on January 7, 2026.

Academic News
17/11/2025
The Archivum's presentation at CIVICA Café
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert gave a talk at the CIVICA Café titled (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum.

Collections News
17/11/2025
Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research
The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.

Announcement
06/11/2025
US Government Cuts Funding for Hungarian RFE
Coinciding with this year's World Digital Preservation Day.

Academic News
03/11/2025
Memory and Its Complex Legacies: Ioana Macrea-Toma at the ...
Ioana Macrea-Toma contributed an online presentation at the 2025 ASEEES Convention, engaging with ...

Academic News
30/10/2025
CEU’s Department of Historical Studies on Field Trip at the ...
CEU history students visited the Archivum, attended presentations, toured the building, repository, ...

Academic News
27/10/2025
Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Accords
Blinken OSA Archivum Researchers contributed to major conference on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.

Scholarship
22/10/2025
Apply Now!
The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

Collections News
20/11/2025
Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research
Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.

Announcement
20/11/2025
Winter Break in the Research Room
The Research Room is closed from December 15, 2025, and will reopen on January 7, 2026.

Academic News
17/11/2025
The Archivum's presentation at CIVICA Café
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert gave a talk at the CIVICA Café titled (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum.

Collections News
17/11/2025
Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research
The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.

Announcement
06/11/2025
US Government Cuts Funding for Hungarian RFE
Coinciding with this year's World Digital Preservation Day.

Academic News
03/11/2025
Memory and Its Complex Legacies: Ioana Macrea-Toma at the ...
Ioana Macrea-Toma contributed an online presentation at the 2025 ASEEES Convention, engaging with ...

Academic News
30/10/2025
CEU’s Department of Historical Studies on Field Trip at the ...
CEU history students visited the Archivum, attended presentations, toured the building, repository, ...

Academic News
27/10/2025
Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Accords
Blinken OSA Archivum Researchers contributed to major conference on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.

Scholarship
22/10/2025
Apply Now!
The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

Academic News
30/10/2025
CEU’s Department of Historical Studies on Field Trip at the ...
CEU history students visited the Archivum, attended presentations, toured the building, repository, ...

Academic News
27/10/2025
Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Accords
Blinken OSA Archivum Researchers contributed to major conference on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.

Scholarship
22/10/2025
Apply Now!
The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

Collections News
20/11/2025
Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research
Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.

Announcement
20/11/2025
Winter Break in the Research Room
The Research Room is closed from December 15, 2025, and will reopen on January 7, 2026.

Academic News
17/11/2025
The Archivum's presentation at CIVICA Café
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert gave a talk at the CIVICA Café titled (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum.

Collections News
17/11/2025
Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research
The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.

Announcement
06/11/2025
US Government Cuts Funding for Hungarian RFE
Coinciding with this year's World Digital Preservation Day.

Academic News
03/11/2025
Memory and Its Complex Legacies: Ioana Macrea-Toma at the ...
Ioana Macrea-Toma contributed an online presentation at the 2025 ASEEES Convention, engaging with ...

Academic News
30/10/2025
CEU’s Department of Historical Studies on Field Trip at the ...
CEU history students visited the Archivum, attended presentations, toured the building, repository, ...

Academic News
27/10/2025
Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Accords
Blinken OSA Archivum Researchers contributed to major conference on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.

Scholarship
22/10/2025
Apply Now!
The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

Collections News
20/11/2025
Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research
Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.

Announcement
20/11/2025
Winter Break in the Research Room
The Research Room is closed from December 15, 2025, and will reopen on January 7, 2026.

Academic News
17/11/2025
The Archivum's presentation at CIVICA Café
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert gave a talk at the CIVICA Café titled (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum.

Collections News
17/11/2025
Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research
The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.

Announcement
06/11/2025
US Government Cuts Funding for Hungarian RFE
Coinciding with this year's World Digital Preservation Day.

Academic News
03/11/2025
Memory and Its Complex Legacies: Ioana Macrea-Toma at the ...
Ioana Macrea-Toma contributed an online presentation at the 2025 ASEEES Convention, engaging with ...

Academic News
30/10/2025
CEU’s Department of Historical Studies on Field Trip at the ...
CEU history students visited the Archivum, attended presentations, toured the building, repository, ...

Academic News
27/10/2025
Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Accords
Blinken OSA Archivum Researchers contributed to major conference on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.

Scholarship
22/10/2025
Apply Now!
The Blinken OSA Archivum invites applications for the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. The application deadline of the current call is: 23:59 PM, ...

US Grantmaking in 1990s Russia: The Rise and Demise of Liberal ...
The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Daria Khokhlova.

Documenting from Below: The Development and Study of Community ...
Dr. Magdalena Wiśniewska-Drewniak's lecture focuses on community archives—grassroots documentation initiatives—operating in contemporary Poland.

Shifting Perspectives: If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag
The exhibition presents a unique artists’ residency program in the time of the Cold War.

Research Room
The Archivum is an open-access facility committed to making research materials available free of charge. Our Research Room is freely accessible to the public and offers a friendly environment for quiet study.
Where to find usArany Janos u. 32., Budapest, Hungary
Opening hoursMon-Fri 10:00 - 17:45

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Blog
19/11/2025
There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)
Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.

Video
21/10/2025
András Mink and Attila Ara-Kovács: Life in Ceaușescu’s ...
Historian András Mink and philosopher Attila Ara-Kovács discussed what life was like in Ceaușescu's ...

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Blog
19/11/2025
There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)
Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.

Video
21/10/2025
András Mink and Attila Ara-Kovács: Life in Ceaușescu’s ...
Historian András Mink and philosopher Attila Ara-Kovács discussed what life was like in Ceaușescu's ...

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Blog
19/11/2025
There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)
Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.

Video
21/10/2025
András Mink and Attila Ara-Kovács: Life in Ceaușescu’s ...
Historian András Mink and philosopher Attila Ara-Kovács discussed what life was like in Ceaușescu's ...

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Blog
19/11/2025
There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)
Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.

Video
21/10/2025
András Mink and Attila Ara-Kovács: Life in Ceaușescu’s ...
Historian András Mink and philosopher Attila Ara-Kovács discussed what life was like in Ceaușescu's ...

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Blog
19/11/2025
There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)
Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.

Video
21/10/2025
András Mink and Attila Ara-Kovács: Life in Ceaușescu’s ...
Historian András Mink and philosopher Attila Ara-Kovács discussed what life was like in Ceaușescu's ...

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Blog
19/11/2025
There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)
Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.

Video
21/10/2025
András Mink and Attila Ara-Kovács: Life in Ceaușescu’s ...
Historian András Mink and philosopher Attila Ara-Kovács discussed what life was like in Ceaușescu's ...

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.
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Phone: +36-1-327-3250
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Address: Arany János u. 32, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-1-327-3250
Address: Arany János u. 32, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-1-327-3250
Opening
Galeria: Tue-Sun 10:00 - 18:00
Research Room: Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:45
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