Budapest Retro Interactive Museum Entry Ticket

Overview

Available languages

English

Hungarian

Mobile ticket

Curious about everyday life behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War era?

The Retro Budapest Interactive Museum, located in the heart of downtown, is a great entertaining program for all ages. It showcases thousands of original iconic items from the communist era of the '70s and '80s in thoughtfully arranged, air-conditioned thematic rooms.

Explore engaging quizzes and interactive games or read news in an authentic studio equipped with original live TV cameras.

Three Soviet cars are on display, including a Lada car that functions as a police car simulator, allowing you to virtually patrol the streets of Budapest.

See a typical Eastern Bloc family home with standardized furniture and everyday items. View artifacts from Hungary's 1980 space mission, including a spacesuit and traditional canned goulash sent to the Salyut 6 crew.

Visit retro bistro for coffee snacks, or browse souvenir shop.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Specialized infant seats are available

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Admission fee

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting points

Budapest Retro Interactive Museum

Oktober 6 Utca 4 Budapest Hungary

End points

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Budapest Retro Interactive Museum

The Retro Budapest Interactive Museum, located in the heart of downtown, showcases thousands of original iconic items from the communist era of the '70s and '80s in thoughtfully arranged, air-conditioned thematic rooms. Explore engaging quizzes and interactive arrangements, try on retro clothes through a special mirror, and read news in an authentic studio equipped with original live TV cameras. Three Soviet cars are on display, including a Lada car that functions as a police car simulator, allowing you to virtually patrol the streets of Budapest. Explore how children lived as young pioneers singing propaganda songs, and discover a typical family home in a block of flats equipped with standard furniture and knickknacks from the Eastern Bloc Visit our retro bistro with a jukebox for coffee and retro snacks, or browse our souvenir shop.

Admission Included

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Budapest Retro Interactive Museum Entry Ticket

Reviews

4.50

8 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Good if you lived in a soviet state
DsGregory,
Nov 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
There isn't an audio guide and there are very few signs/explanations in either Hungarian or English. If you lived in a soviet state you'll probably recognize a lot of stuff and enjoy this museum. If not, you probably won't get much out of it. But the short "sports" video of a "gymnastic" event is very entertaining.
What was it like…
RF600RP,
Nov 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Interesting museum that gives some insight of life in Budapest from the 50’s to the fall of the Iron Curtain in the early 90’s through various artefacts and recreation scenes. Try the dial-a-joke in the phone boxes for some period humour. The diner in the foyer looks fun.
A fun visit
438margitam,
Oct 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Very fun and interactive museum. I would recommend visiting to anyone that enjoys the retro esthetic or wants to see some interesting things from everyday life from before a couple of decades.
Very interactive and good fun
Kim D,
Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A really entertaining peak into Budapest's recent past with lots to look at and interactive displays, most of which had English options. There were also some nice mocked up scenes including a living room, kitchen, news desk and police car that you could pose in for photographs. Everything was new and worked well. Expect to spend 1.5 to 2 hours there to see everything.
Small and fine retro museum
183isabellea,
Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Small and fine museum. Especially interesting for those who have experienced the "old days" themselves. How quickly time flies and how quickly technology has evolved...
Always against glad
Relax25789841263,
Aug 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Really interesting to watch what used to be so “normal”. I was there with my father, who suddenly reminisced a bit when he saw all the old and carefully tended products. He was also quite taken with the museum and would recommend it to anyone interested in retro history. The Service in the restaurant/bar was very pleasant and friendly the open and pleasant nature of the staff has moved us to allow a bit of tipping there.