
Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Announcement
17/04/2026
Visitor Cards at the Archivum
New security system is introduced in the building.

Conference
30/03/2026
CfP: Collecting/Creating
Archive-Based Moving Image in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Collections News
30/03/2026
Black Box Foundation Textual Records Accessible
The documents provide insight into the history, aims, and editorial principles of the group.

Academic News
16/03/2026
New open course led by colleague Gábor Tóka
The Hungarian language seminar series will focus on potential election results based on major public polls.

Collections News
23/02/2026
Péter Forgács’s Master Video Tapes Digitized
By spring 2026, Forgács’s complete oeuvre will be available for research at the Archivum.

Announcement
18/02/2026
Regime Change in Hungary, 1988–1990: Fekete Doboz Films at ...
A six-part film screening series at the Cirko-Gejzír Cinema featuring documentary films from the ...

Exhibition
08/09/2007
noROMA!
Racist films in the Roma Pavilion at the time of the Venice Film Festival. August 29 - September 8, 2007.

Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Announcement
17/04/2026
Visitor Cards at the Archivum
New security system is introduced in the building.

Conference
30/03/2026
CfP: Collecting/Creating
Archive-Based Moving Image in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Collections News
30/03/2026
Black Box Foundation Textual Records Accessible
The documents provide insight into the history, aims, and editorial principles of the group.

Academic News
16/03/2026
New open course led by colleague Gábor Tóka
The Hungarian language seminar series will focus on potential election results based on major public polls.

Collections News
23/02/2026
Péter Forgács’s Master Video Tapes Digitized
By spring 2026, Forgács’s complete oeuvre will be available for research at the Archivum.

Announcement
18/02/2026
Regime Change in Hungary, 1988–1990: Fekete Doboz Films at ...
A six-part film screening series at the Cirko-Gejzír Cinema featuring documentary films from the ...

Exhibition
08/09/2007
noROMA!
Racist films in the Roma Pavilion at the time of the Venice Film Festival. August 29 - September 8, 2007.

Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Exhibition
08/09/2007
noROMA!
Racist films in the Roma Pavilion at the time of the Venice Film Festival. August 29 - September 8, 2007.

Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Announcement
17/04/2026
Visitor Cards at the Archivum
New security system is introduced in the building.

Conference
30/03/2026
CfP: Collecting/Creating
Archive-Based Moving Image in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Collections News
30/03/2026
Black Box Foundation Textual Records Accessible
The documents provide insight into the history, aims, and editorial principles of the group.

Academic News
16/03/2026
New open course led by colleague Gábor Tóka
The Hungarian language seminar series will focus on potential election results based on major public polls.

Collections News
23/02/2026
Péter Forgács’s Master Video Tapes Digitized
By spring 2026, Forgács’s complete oeuvre will be available for research at the Archivum.

Announcement
18/02/2026
Regime Change in Hungary, 1988–1990: Fekete Doboz Films at ...
A six-part film screening series at the Cirko-Gejzír Cinema featuring documentary films from the ...

Exhibition
08/09/2007
noROMA!
Racist films in the Roma Pavilion at the time of the Venice Film Festival. August 29 - September 8, 2007.

Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Announcement
17/04/2026
Visitor Cards at the Archivum
New security system is introduced in the building.

Conference
30/03/2026
CfP: Collecting/Creating
Archive-Based Moving Image in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Collections News
30/03/2026
Black Box Foundation Textual Records Accessible
The documents provide insight into the history, aims, and editorial principles of the group.

Academic News
16/03/2026
New open course led by colleague Gábor Tóka
The Hungarian language seminar series will focus on potential election results based on major public polls.

Collections News
23/02/2026
Péter Forgács’s Master Video Tapes Digitized
By spring 2026, Forgács’s complete oeuvre will be available for research at the Archivum.

Announcement
18/02/2026
Regime Change in Hungary, 1988–1990: Fekete Doboz Films at ...
A six-part film screening series at the Cirko-Gejzír Cinema featuring documentary films from the ...

Exhibition
08/09/2007
noROMA!
Racist films in the Roma Pavilion at the time of the Venice Film Festival. August 29 - September 8, 2007.

Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Announcement
18/02/2026
Regime Change in Hungary, 1988–1990: Fekete Doboz Films at ...
A six-part film screening series at the Cirko-Gejzír Cinema featuring documentary films from the ...

Exhibition
08/09/2007
noROMA!
Racist films in the Roma Pavilion at the time of the Venice Film Festival. August 29 - September 8, 2007.

Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Announcement
17/04/2026
Visitor Cards at the Archivum
New security system is introduced in the building.

Conference
30/03/2026
CfP: Collecting/Creating
Archive-Based Moving Image in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Collections News
30/03/2026
Black Box Foundation Textual Records Accessible
The documents provide insight into the history, aims, and editorial principles of the group.

Academic News
16/03/2026
New open course led by colleague Gábor Tóka
The Hungarian language seminar series will focus on potential election results based on major public polls.

Collections News
23/02/2026
Péter Forgács’s Master Video Tapes Digitized
By spring 2026, Forgács’s complete oeuvre will be available for research at the Archivum.

Announcement
18/02/2026
Regime Change in Hungary, 1988–1990: Fekete Doboz Films at ...
A six-part film screening series at the Cirko-Gejzír Cinema featuring documentary films from the ...

Exhibition
08/09/2007
noROMA!
Racist films in the Roma Pavilion at the time of the Venice Film Festival. August 29 - September 8, 2007.

Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Announcement
17/04/2026
Visitor Cards at the Archivum
New security system is introduced in the building.

Conference
30/03/2026
CfP: Collecting/Creating
Archive-Based Moving Image in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Collections News
30/03/2026
Black Box Foundation Textual Records Accessible
The documents provide insight into the history, aims, and editorial principles of the group.

Academic News
16/03/2026
New open course led by colleague Gábor Tóka
The Hungarian language seminar series will focus on potential election results based on major public polls.

Collections News
23/02/2026
Péter Forgács’s Master Video Tapes Digitized
By spring 2026, Forgács’s complete oeuvre will be available for research at the Archivum.

Announcement
18/02/2026
Regime Change in Hungary, 1988–1990: Fekete Doboz Films at ...
A six-part film screening series at the Cirko-Gejzír Cinema featuring documentary films from the ...

Exhibition
08/09/2007
noROMA!
Racist films in the Roma Pavilion at the time of the Venice Film Festival. August 29 - September 8, 2007.

Research
06/02/2026
Workshop on the Facing Srebrenica Archives Project
The collective, participatory archiving project, Facing Srebrenica held a closing workshop with the participation of Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi ...

Do You Dare to Play?
The exhibition examines the history and legacy of the East Berlin-based collective Spielwagen Berlin 1, which emerged in the late GDR period as a pioneering force in experimental ...

Mothers Without Parole /// Re:Verzió VI.
The sixth film in the Re:Verzió screening series “reveals how seemingly loving motherhood can lead to the killing of a child.” (WMN)

Children’s Program with the Association for Free Play
A full-day program for families and children, organized in collaboration with the Association for Free Play, connected to the exhibition “Do You Dare to Play?.”

Workshop / Children-Public Sphere-Participation
In connection with the exhibition "Do You Dare to Play?", Meta Sell and Mike Weimann, former members of the East Berlin group featured in the exhibition - Spielwagen Berlin 1 -, ...

Research Room
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Where to find usArany Janos u. 32., Budapest, Hungary
Opening hoursMon-Fri 10:00 - 17:45

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.

Blog
05/05/2026
Views from Within: Interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya on the ...
An interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya, poet and a participant in the Soviet dissident movement, ...

Blog
05/05/2026
“The Samizdat Unit was primarily focused on texts, not ...
An interview with journalist and historian of the dissident movement Mario Corti, who worked in the ...

Video
14/04/2026
Do You Dare to Play? – Exhibition Opening
The history and legacy of the East Berlin-based collective Spielwagen Berlin 1. Opened by Levente Polyák, urbanist.

Video
19/02/2026
Research on the Situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021
Interview with Gábor Havas, Sociologist on the nation-wide research on the situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021. (In Hungarian)

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.

Blog
05/05/2026
Views from Within: Interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya on the ...
An interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya, poet and a participant in the Soviet dissident movement, ...

Blog
05/05/2026
“The Samizdat Unit was primarily focused on texts, not ...
An interview with journalist and historian of the dissident movement Mario Corti, who worked in the ...

Video
14/04/2026
Do You Dare to Play? – Exhibition Opening
The history and legacy of the East Berlin-based collective Spielwagen Berlin 1. Opened by Levente Polyák, urbanist.

Video
19/02/2026
Research on the Situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021
Interview with Gábor Havas, Sociologist on the nation-wide research on the situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021. (In Hungarian)

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
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.

Blog
05/05/2026
Views from Within: Interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya on the ...
An interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya, poet and a participant in the Soviet dissident movement, ...

Blog
05/05/2026
“The Samizdat Unit was primarily focused on texts, not ...
An interview with journalist and historian of the dissident movement Mario Corti, who worked in the ...

Video
14/04/2026
Do You Dare to Play? – Exhibition Opening
The history and legacy of the East Berlin-based collective Spielwagen Berlin 1. Opened by Levente Polyák, urbanist.

Video
19/02/2026
Research on the Situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021
Interview with Gábor Havas, Sociologist on the nation-wide research on the situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021. (In Hungarian)

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.

Blog
05/05/2026
Views from Within: Interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya on the ...
An interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya, poet and a participant in the Soviet dissident movement, ...

Blog
05/05/2026
“The Samizdat Unit was primarily focused on texts, not ...
An interview with journalist and historian of the dissident movement Mario Corti, who worked in the ...

Video
14/04/2026
Do You Dare to Play? – Exhibition Opening
The history and legacy of the East Berlin-based collective Spielwagen Berlin 1. Opened by Levente Polyák, urbanist.

Video
19/02/2026
Research on the Situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021
Interview with Gábor Havas, Sociologist on the nation-wide research on the situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021. (In Hungarian)

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
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.

Blog
05/05/2026
Views from Within: Interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya on the ...
An interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya, poet and a participant in the Soviet dissident movement, ...

Blog
05/05/2026
“The Samizdat Unit was primarily focused on texts, not ...
An interview with journalist and historian of the dissident movement Mario Corti, who worked in the ...

Video
14/04/2026
Do You Dare to Play? – Exhibition Opening
The history and legacy of the East Berlin-based collective Spielwagen Berlin 1. Opened by Levente Polyák, urbanist.

Video
19/02/2026
Research on the Situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021
Interview with Gábor Havas, Sociologist on the nation-wide research on the situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021. (In Hungarian)

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.

Blog
05/05/2026
Views from Within: Interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya on the ...
An interview with Yulia Vishnevskaya, poet and a participant in the Soviet dissident movement, ...

Blog
05/05/2026
“The Samizdat Unit was primarily focused on texts, not ...
An interview with journalist and historian of the dissident movement Mario Corti, who worked in the ...

Video
14/04/2026
Do You Dare to Play? – Exhibition Opening
The history and legacy of the East Berlin-based collective Spielwagen Berlin 1. Opened by Levente Polyák, urbanist.

Video
19/02/2026
Research on the Situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021
Interview with Gábor Havas, Sociologist on the nation-wide research on the situation of Roma in Hungary, 1971–2021. (In Hungarian)

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.
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Phone: +36-1-327-3250
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