This museum for the 19th-century ceramicist and factory owner Vilmos Zsolnay is in the oldest house in Pécs, dating back to at least 1324. In the 15th century Hungary’s first library was established inside, while under the Ottoman occupation a century later it became the official residence of the city’s chief Imam.
The ceramics factory founded by Zsolnay’s father, Miklós, in 1853 is still in operation today, and survived nationalisation in 1948. Its architectural decoration can still be seen on many buildings in Pécs.
