Permanent exhibitions

István Szőnyi moved to Zebegény after his marriage to Melinda Bartóky in 1924. The young couple started their life together in the Bartóky family's summer house. They lived here in winter and summer until 1930, after which they spent only summers in Zebegény. They moved out permanently in 1949, when they moved into their flat in Pest, where they had shared tenants. By this time, the house was furnished in the way it is still visible today.

A corner roomThe giraffe piano, a popular instrument for bourgeois families in the 19th century, is located here.

A living room the library and the furniture are faithfully preserving the memory of the Bartóky and Szőnyi families. The large world radio, which once played a significant role in the family's life, is housed here. It was used to listen to the voice of their daughter Zsuzsa, who was a newsreader and later news editor for the Italian RAI radio station. In this room you can see several tempera paintings from Szőnyi's mature period, The Old Horseman, The Village in Autumn, The Cold Girl, The Returning Herd, the most significant of which is the Garden Bench (1943), a wedding present from Zsuzsa's daughter and her husband, Mátyás Triznya.

A Hungarian room The atmosphere is created by the collection of folk furniture from the Great Plain, which dates back more than a century, and the Szőnyi family continued to collect furniture. The furnishings are in harmony with the works of art from Szőnyi's early period on the walls. 

Upstairs you will find the small restaurantwhere the Master worked for most of his life. Here stood a small etching press, his painting equipment, and a collection of his drawings. 

From new studio building built as an addition to the old farmhouse, was only completed in 1960, the year of his death. The works on the wall provide a complete cross-section of Szőnyi's life from the 1920s until his death. A library of art books, a easel with a sketch of a tempera painting, palettes, brushes, powdered paint, tools, all bear the mark of the Master's hand.

The old garage has been converted in the exhibition hall is the home of the Zsuzsa Szőnyi-Mátyás Szőnyi-Triznya Memorial Room. Zsuzsa Szőnyi donated her collection of her father's paintings and the legacy of her husband, painter Mátyás Triznya, to the museum. Here, visitors can learn about the life of the couple who emigrated to Rome in 1949, Mátyás Triznya's paintings and drawings for his film works, Zsuzsa Szőnyi's work as a writer and the atmosphere of the famous Triznya pub.