Öntödei Múzeum

The Öntödei Múzeum in Budapest is a branch of the Hungarian Museum of Technology and Transport and is housed in the former foundry of the factory founded by Ábrahám Ganz in 1845. Built between 1858 and 1862, the building was for a long time the only foundry in Central Europe producing cast-iron railway wheels. After production ended in 1964, the site was restored as an industrial monument and opened to the public in 1969. Today you can see the original foundry equipment, as well as exhibits on the history of metal casting from the Bronze Age to the present. Busts in the garden commemorate important figures of the Hungarian foundry industry, while the exhibitions focus on the life of Ábrahám Ganz and the development of iron and steel casting.