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Veszprém County is proud of its exceptionally rich cultural mated films, the spreading of knowledge and know-how now
heritage, because, fortunately, there have always been people includes experience, while the world unique Porcelánium
who considered the preservation and maintenance of the shows the wonder of Herend, the making and painting of
traditions as their mission and service. porcelain.

The Herend Porcelain: a Hungaricum, part of the Hungarian The town of Ajka is one of the best-known workshops of the
Heritage. The porcelain manufactory, founded in 1826, has Hungarian glass industry; quality glass and polished crystal

deservedly become world-famous over the years. Today, the products (glasses, vases, bowls, and other decorative pieces)

factory has 16,000 different white shapes with 4,000 diff er- have been manufactured in the town since 1878.

ent painted patterns, and a total of about 64 million varied The Indigo Fabric Dying Museum, a unique museum in Cen-

porcelain products. tral Europe, is also found in Pápa. In the industrial historical
The exhibition spaces of the Herend Porcelain Museum have monument, we can see the past of the indigo dying craft , the

been modernized, and a new exhibition image welcomes manufactory, while pieces made with modern and ancient
visitors to the elegant halls. Thanks to the interactive tools, techniques are shown in the exhibition hall.

the tablets, the information and wall graphics, and the ani-
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