Collection data:
Collection manager: Gergely Pap, Museologist
Number of pieces in the collection: 4,500 pcs
Online availability: –
Researchability: Currently not researchable.
About the collection:
After the closure of the Flag Museum in Józsefváros, the Balogh-collection, which is unique in the world, consisting of almost 4,000 flags and other national symbols, was transferred to our museum. The collection includes table flags, large flags, crest and related correspondence and documentation. The collection includes emblems donated by foreign leaders and ambassadors, as well as by Hungarian county and local governments. There are flags that are still in use today and those that are no longer in use, including symbols of states that no longer exist. There are also replicas of historical flags. The collection includes more than a thousand documents.
Structure of the collection:
Country flags, national symbols
• Table flags of foreign countries
• Large size flags of foreign countries
• Replicas of foreign historical flags
Flags and symbols of Hungarian settlements
• Table flags of Hungarian local municipalities
• Large size flags of Hungarian local municipalities
• Replicas of Hungarian historical flags
Other symbols
• Political flags
• Flags of companies (trade, hospitality)
Flag accessories
• Flag poles, flag holders, finials
Letters, documents, photos from László Balogh’s flag collection
Collecting activity:
All flag related objects from the history of Hungarian trade, hospitality, tourism and protocol, even advertising flags from the 20th century or silk festive flags of guilds from the 19th century.
