FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
Hungarian Heritage House
National Network
Hungary
Address
1011 Budapest Corvin tér 8. HungaryCountry
HungaryCity
1011 BudapestStreet address 2
Corvin tér 8.Telephone
(+36 1)225-6049E-Mail (2)
toth.melinda@hagyomanyokhaza.huWebsite
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2001Contact Person1
Melinda Tóth (Program Manager)Organisation Type
Public InstitutionFields of Activity
ArtsGeneral Information
1. The Heritage House is a public institutionm with 140 employees. 2. Budget in a year 714.100.000 Ft. We are budgetary institution 3. NKA, Ministry of Education and Culture, Appertus Foundation, Szerencsejáték Zrt 4. Hungarian State Folk Ensemble performances, adult education, productions for schools, conferences. 5. Ministry of Education and Culture, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Musichology, Etnographical Museum, Hungarian Institue for Culture, Fonó Music HalMission and Objectives
The Hungarian Heritage House was founded for cultivating and promoting the folk tradition of the Carpathian-basin. Its aim is to quest, preserve, interpret, systematize and open up the traditional communication systems (folk dance, folk music, folk poetry) and the values of folk art maintained by oral tradition. Its mission is to arouse and to keep alive the internal and external interest in folk traditions, popularize the material and non-material values of folk art. The institute would like to attain that the folk traditions of the Carpathian-basin (including the folk traditions of minorities living in the Hungarian language-area) be organ part of our everyday culture.Main Projects / Activities
The elementary activities of the Hungarian Heritage House: dance and music concerts in Hungary and abroad, presenting on stage the authentic dance and music heritage of the Carpathian basin productions for schools, developing international relations, the organization of foreign productions developing a Folklore-Archivation System (FAR), coordination of the folklore researches organization of lectures accompanied by audio and visual illustrations digitalization of audio records, video cassettes, photos. library activities constructions of database, the database of the Martin Media Library organizing handicrafts programmes, courses in teaching folk games and folk crafts folk dance, folk music, folk narratives, educational programmes, participation in contests, jury works, organizations and works of conference and exhibitions embroidery, costumes exhibition training of the trainers, teachers' further training Young Master of Folk Arts contest organisation of regional symposiums operating the Applied Folk Art Advisory Board operating of the Hungarian Applied Folk Art Museum publication of books, CDs DVDs, maintenance of the institutional website