The Museum of Maritime History was founded by the ship captain Vincze Farkas Vincze, who created the exhibition, which opened on 12 July 1984, through decades of collecting and with objects of his own making. Farkas Vincze tried to return from each voyage with souvenirs and curiosities that he had been able to acquire at the places and stations he had visited (even on other continents), whether they were tools, objects, paintings or relics, tools, ornaments and many other things that reflected local characteristics. The exhibition also includes models of sailing boats in various sizes, 20th century World War II battleships, aircraft carriers and meticulously crafted paper ships. The romantic world of the historic sailing era is evoked by the many Gallion figures on the bow. Original nautical equipment – machinery, navigational instruments, instruments, maps, documents, flags, life-saving equipment – preserve the memories of Hungarian navigation. The private collection, housed in the exhibition building and in the courtyard, is constantly growing, and visitors and the shipping community have contributed to the collection.
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