In Víziváros, the headquarters of the Balassa Bálint Museum are set in a Baroque mansion that became the Esztergom’s first county hall after the town was liberated from the Ottomans.

The museum is a regional institution operating a few attractions like the home of the poet Babits Mihály, which we’ll talk about later.

The main branch in Víziváros has revolving exhibitions about the history of Esztergom and its wider county, with archaeology, art, ethnography 19th and 20th century photography and numismatic exhibits.