The Museum is open to visitors on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11-3. If you would like to visit us on another day when we are not open, you can make an appointment by writing a message to our email address, museum@clevelandhungarianmuseum.org, and we will answer your email and arrange for your visit.  Please give us at least a 4 day notice! Once again winter is coming to Northeast Ohio! Our Museum is staffed by volunteers, and if the weather causes dangerous driving conditions, we are often closed. Please call the Museum after 11 o'clock to verify that someone is present and the Museum is open.

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant by the Hungarian Government through the Bethlen Gábor Fund Management, in support of our efforts to share with the greater community our Hungarian culture and history and the Hungarian immigrant story of Northeast, Ohio.

Did you know that the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society was incorporated as a non-profit corporation 40 years ago?  The mission of the founders was to support a museum that would preserve the history of the Hungarian immigrant community in Northeast, Ohio, and would showcase Hungarian culture through its collection of fine art, folk art, books, and archival material. Since 1985, our collection has grown, our exhibits have embraced many topics, and our library has over 8000 volumes. Interactive computers enrich our exhibits, and our regular programming covers a broad range of topics. We have hosted children, high school students, college students, family reunions, political dignitaries, and the thousands of visitors who have come through our Székely gate to view our collection. With the support of our community, we have grown into a first class cultural gem located in downtown Cleveland, and we will be celebrating this milestone this year. Stay tuned for further details!

The Cleveland Hungarian Museum invites you to the last program in our 2025 Spring Lecture Series! It will be held at the Museum on April 12 at 2:00 o’clock. The Museum is located in   Downtown Cleveland in the Galleria At Erieview, Lower level. 

The title of the program is Pilgrims in a Foreign Land: A History of America’s Hungarian Catholic Shrines and Pilgrimage Traditions.

The lecture will be in English and presenter will be Nicholas Boros.

In August 2023, Bishop Edward Malesic designated Cleveland’s St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish as a shrine, but it certainly was not the first shrine built by America’s Hungarian Catholic community. During the last century, Hungarian-American Catholics had erected four other shrines, Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Orange Village, OH), Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted (Youngstown, OH), and two in honor of Our Lady of Máriapócs (Burton, OH and Matawan, NJ).

This past summer, Cleveland-native Nicholas Boros completed an over 300-page pictorial history showcasing the story of these Hungarian-American shrines and pilgrimage traditions, portions of which he will be sharing as part of his presentation. Nicholas Boros serves as an Upper School Mathematics Teacher at Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio. He completed his undergraduate studies in comparative religion, linguistics, and mathematics at Cleveland State University. His primary area of research focuses on various topics within the history of Eastern Orthodoxy in America, but he occasionally works on projects related to the historical development of Hungarian Catholicism in America.

As is our tradition, we will serve refreshments after the lecture and guests will a chance to discuss the topic further with Nicholas.  Suggested donations: Adults $10, Students $5. Parking is available for $7 in the Galleria’s Parking Garage.

Hope to see you! A viszontlátásra!

THANK YOU DR. MARTHA PERESZLÉNYI-PINTÉR FOR A FABULOUS PROGRAM!!  This program was made for a live audience and we enjoyed how Márti enriched her presentation with audiovisuals from YouTube, live poetry recitations, and a stunning handout. If one ever had a doubt about how beautifully magyar literature (in all its forms) brings to life the spirit of romance, you certainly were convinced after the program that we Hungarians have a sentimental streak that at times is elevated to a very high level! This program would not have had its impact without the beautiful poetry recitations by ZSUZSA AND LORÁND CSIBI! Poetry recited live has an added dimension of drama and emotion, and we appreciated their interpretations of the mood and topic of the poems.

On October 25^th, Friday afternoon, members of the Angyalföldi Vadrózsa folk dance group visited our Museum. They came to Cleveland as part of a multi-city tour, and performed at John Carroll University on Saturday evening, October 26^th, as part of the 40^th anniversary celebration of the Bocskai Radio program.They were beyond outstanding, mesmerizing everyone with their energy, beautiful technique and amazing choreography.

It was a magyar cultural treat! The members of this group were gracious visitors to our Museum, and their comments written in our guest book are a testament that our efforts to showcase our culture and Cleveland’s Hungarian community are a worthwhile mission.

We invite all our readers to visit our Museum in order that you can experience the wonders of Hungarian culture and the history of the Northeast Ohio Hungarian community.